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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

North Dakota 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$417$309 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$158 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $141 to $3,020Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $162 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $295professional $417

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
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 13th of 51

$407

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.