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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Kentucky 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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$263$174 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,202 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $288 to $5,129Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $148 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $263

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
$234.42
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,479.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$295

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.