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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Iowa 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$417$269 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$813 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,943Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$380.19
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$479

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.