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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Illinois 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$295$200 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$692 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $302 to $8,128Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $155 to $575
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $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
$302.00
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 34th of 51

$324

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.