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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Montana 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 Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$309$182 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$275 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $269 to $6,607Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $162 to $851
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $479professional $309

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
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 41st 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.