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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Georgia 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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$339$234 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,622 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $513 to $6,918Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $166 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $339

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
$288.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 20th of 51

$389

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.