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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Nebraska 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 7 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$380$295 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$2,754 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $708 to $13,490Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $380

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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,479.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$525

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.