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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Alabama rates for HCPCS 57460

A magnified visual exam of the cervix (colposcopy) is combined with removal of a small tissue sample using a thin, heated wire loop, for further laboratory evaluation. This provides a smaller, more targeted sample than the larger cone-shaped removal used in a related, similar procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample cost?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 5 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$263$200 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,259 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,467Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $135 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $263

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Hawaii 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.

Alabama· 42nd of 51

$309

HI $1,072DC $275

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.