go back

Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Nevada 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 Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 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 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$302$174 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$955 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $148 to $5,888Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $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
$147.91
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 45th 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.