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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Minnesota 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 6 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$537$339 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$871 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $295 to $9,333Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $537

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
$141.25
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$562

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.