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Vaginal Colposcopy With Biopsy

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 57421

A doctor uses a magnifying instrument called a colposcope to closely examine the vagina and takes a small tissue sample (biopsy) from an area that looks abnormal. It is used to investigate abnormal findings and obtain tissue for a definite diagnosis.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vaginal Colposcopy With Biopsy cost?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$141 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$148 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $138 to $3,715Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $123 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $214

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$616.60
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$467.74
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$933.25
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$219

OK $759DC $151

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.