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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures, female organs

Colposcopy of the vagina

CPT 57420the billing code this page is about

Examination of the entire vaginal lining, and the cervix if present, using a lighted magnifying instrument; no tissue sample is taken.

Hospitals typically charge $360 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,221 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $407. Most fall between $186 and $810 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,221
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,221 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$126$217$360$694$1,120

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($126 vs $1,120).

How the prices are spread

$77 – $104: 35 hospitals$77$104 – $141: 49 hospitals$141 – $192: 116 hospitals$141$192 – $261: 157 hospitals$261 – $355: 179 hospitals$261$355 – $483: 157 hospitals$483 – $656: 147 hospitals$483$656 – $891: 109 hospitals$891 – $1,211: 110 hospitals$891$1,211 – $1,646: 42 hospitals$1,211median $360price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,101 of 1,221 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$77$10435
$104$14149
$141$192116
$192$261157
$261$355179
$355$483157
$483$656147
$656$891109
$891$1,211110
$1,211$1,64642

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$311
Median cash price$360
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.16×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $360.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $202 across 11 hospitalsME$202Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $278 across 36 hospitalsWA$278Idaho: median $369 across 11 hospitalsID$369Montana: median $266 across 10 hospitalsMT$266North Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $448 across 37 hospitalsMN$448Illinois: median $365 across 41 hospitalsIL$365Wisconsin: median $333 across 53 hospitalsWI$333Michigan: median $345 across 59 hospitalsMI$345New York: median $380 across 72 hospitalsNY$380Massachusetts: median $659 across 22 hospitalsMA$659Oregon: median $294 across 31 hospitalsOR$294Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $256 across 44 hospitalsIA$256Indiana: median $183 across 25 hospitalsIN$183Ohio: median $719 across 60 hospitalsOH$719Pennsylvania: median $342 across 57 hospitalsPA$342New Jersey: median $406 across 35 hospitalsNJ$406Connecticut: median $621 across 13 hospitalsCT$621Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $905 across 69 hospitalsCA$905Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $326 across 20 hospitalsCO$326Nebraska: median $204 across 26 hospitalsNE$204Missouri: median $503 across 24 hospitalsMO$503Kentucky: median $259 across 17 hospitalsKY$259West Virginia: median $285 across 26 hospitalsWV$285Virginia: median $468 across 21 hospitalsVA$468Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $3,190 across 15 hospitalsAZ$3,190New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $359 across 19 hospitalsKS$359Arkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $108 across 23 hospitalsTN$108North Carolina: median $262 across 36 hospitalsNC$262South Carolina: median $904 across 29 hospitalsSC$904Oklahoma: median $149 across 14 hospitalsOK$149Louisiana: median $259 across 23 hospitalsLA$259Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $729 across 39 hospitalsGA$729Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $299 across 77 hospitalsTX$299Florida: median $704 across 34 hospitalsFL$704
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $360. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ15$3,190+786%$367 – $3,190
California CA69$905+151%$432 – $1,086
South Carolina SC29$904+151%$554 – $904
Georgia GA39$729+103%$371 – $810
Ohio OH60$719+100%$333 – $1,230
Florida FL34$704+96%$300 – $1,137
Massachusetts MA22$659+83%$295 – $1,198
Connecticut CT13$621+73%$434 – $711
Missouri MO24$503+40%$179 – $683
Virginia VA21$468+30%$115 – $535
Minnesota MN37$448+25%$202 – $583
New Jersey NJ35$406+13%$337 – $4,881
New York NY72$380+6%$213 – $802
Idaho ID11$369+3%$290 – $851
Illinois IL41$365+1%$183 – $494
Kansas KS19$3590%$198 – $1,034
Michigan MI59$345−4%$86 – $567
Pennsylvania PA57$342−5%$100 – $573
Wisconsin WI53$333−7%$225 – $544
Colorado CO20$326−9%$206 – $851
Texas TX77$299−17%$144 – $759
Oregon OR31$294−18%$244 – $798
West Virginia WV26$285−21%$234 – $494
Washington WA36$278−23%$230 – $551
Montana MT10$266−26%$131 – $356
North Carolina NC36$262−27%$127 – $486
Louisiana LA23$259−28%$105 – $603
Kentucky KY17$259−28%$146 – $340
Iowa IA44$256−29%$176 – $310
Nebraska NE26$204−43%$176 – $347
Maine ME11$202−44%$157 – $256
Indiana IN25$183−49%$151 – $248
Oklahoma OK14$149−59%$149 – $620
Tennessee TN23$108−70%$62 – $262
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $360.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care930$393$195 – $905
Children’s22$343$179 – $804
Critical access267$273$164 – $544
Ownership
For-profit81$477$183 – $1,051
Government224$310$195 – $556
Non-profit914$364$183 – $851
System affiliation
Part of a system1,005$370$189 – $851
Independent216$316$174 – $621

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$613
Median cash price$360
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

815 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $376 and the average of the middle 60% is $438; most fall between $195 and $886.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 815 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$144$225$376$759$1,086

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($144 vs $1,086).

Of the 874 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 815 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 35 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,221 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (31%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,320 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,221
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here55
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded41
Hospitals that filed this code1,320

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures, female organs family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Colposcopy,Entire Vagina.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Colposcopy of the vagina (CPT 57420) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-57420-colposcopy-of-the-vagina