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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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 5 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$288$162 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$4,365 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $355 to $10,233Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $141 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $288

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
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$707.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 43rd 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.