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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Arizona 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$295$182 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,905 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $347 to $6,607Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $295

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
$1,584.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,513.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$331

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.