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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Massachusetts 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$331$214 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$224 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $182 to $4,677Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $162 to $977
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $331

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
$295.12
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,071.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 25th of 51

$355

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.