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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Michigan 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 Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$269$191 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$380 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $195 to $5,370Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $155 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $269

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
$194.98
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 47th 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.