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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Ohio 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 9 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$295$195 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,349 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $316 to $9,120Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $155 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $295

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
$295.12
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,238.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 24th of 51

$363

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.