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Cervical Exam With A Small Loop-Electrode Tissue Sample

West Virginia 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$282$162 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,622 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $162 to $8,710Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $145 to $363
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $282

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
$162.18
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$363.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 38th of 51

$316

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.