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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Missouri 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$302$200 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$813 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $245 to $5,623Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $151 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $302

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
$154.88
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 17th of 51

$398

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.