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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Maryland 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $269 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$316$178 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$162 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $135 to $2,884Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $269professional $316

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
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,479.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$309

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.