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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Tennessee 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$324$209 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,660 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $617 to $5,370Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $162 to $977
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $324

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
$602.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$372

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.