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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

Utah 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$372$214 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$479 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $214 to $6,026Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $148 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $372

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
$213.80
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$316.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 19th of 51

$389

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.