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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures, female organs

Colposcopy of the cervix with biopsy

CPT 57455the billing code this page is about

Magnified examination of the cervix with removal of one or more tissue samples from its surface for testing.

Hospitals typically charge $382 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,302 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $421. Most fall between $205 and $837 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,302
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 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 1,302 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
$142$234$382$681$1,278

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($142 vs $1,278).

How the prices are spread

$95 – $128: 50 hospitals$95$128 – $175: 79 hospitals$175 – $237: 144 hospitals$175$237 – $323: 189 hospitals$323 – $439: 238 hospitals$323$439 – $597: 136 hospitals$597 – $811: 136 hospitals$597$811 – $1,103: 107 hospitals$1,103 – $1,499: 51 hospitals$1,103$1,499 – $2,038: 49 hospitals$1,499median $382price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,179 of 1,302 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$95$12850
$128$17579
$175$237144
$237$323189
$323$439238
$439$597136
$597$811136
$811$1,103107
$1,103$1,49951
$1,499$2,03849

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$311
Median cash price$382
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.23×

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 $382.

Alaska: median $917 across 11 hospitalsAK$917Maine: median $209 across 11 hospitalsME$209Vermont: median $235 across 10 hospitalsVT$235New Hampshire: median $241 across 11 hospitalsNH$241Washington: median $366 across 35 hospitalsWA$366Idaho: median $443 across 15 hospitalsID$443Montana: median $183 across 14 hospitalsMT$183North Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $378 across 51 hospitalsMN$378Illinois: median $394 across 41 hospitalsIL$394Wisconsin: median $404 across 61 hospitalsWI$404Michigan: median $355 across 64 hospitalsMI$355New York: median $360 across 70 hospitalsNY$360Massachusetts: median $917 across 25 hospitalsMA$917Oregon: median $320 across 36 hospitalsOR$320Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $518 across 12 hospitalsSD$518Iowa: median $330 across 51 hospitalsIA$330Indiana: median $210 across 31 hospitalsIN$210Ohio: median $486 across 79 hospitalsOH$486Pennsylvania: median $302 across 58 hospitalsPA$302New Jersey: median $3,429 across 43 hospitalsNJ$3,429Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $946 across 82 hospitalsCA$946Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $326 across 15 hospitalsCO$326Nebraska: median $321 across 29 hospitalsNE$321Missouri: median $340 across 27 hospitalsMO$340Kentucky: median $251 across 10 hospitalsKY$251West Virginia: median $312 across 23 hospitalsWV$312Virginia: median $406 across 32 hospitalsVA$406Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,351 across 13 hospitalsAZ$4,351New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $246 across 32 hospitalsKS$246Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $62 across 18 hospitalsTN$62North Carolina: median $372 across 34 hospitalsNC$372South Carolina: median $614 across 28 hospitalsSC$614Oklahoma: median $180 across 15 hospitalsOK$180Louisiana: median $259 across 24 hospitalsLA$259Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $407 across 10 hospitalsAL$407Georgia: median $481 across 36 hospitalsGA$481Hawaii: median $176 across 10 hospitalsHI$176Texas: median $356 across 43 hospitalsTX$356Florida: median $699 across 37 hospitalsFL$699
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $382. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ13$4,351+1038%$344 – $4,351
New Jersey NJ43$3,429+797%$353 – $4,627
California CA82$946+147%$433 – $2,038
Massachusetts MA25$917+140%$355 – $1,154
Alaska AK11$917+140%$595 – $1,445
Florida FL37$699+83%$245 – $1,137
South Carolina SC28$614+60%$548 – $639
South Dakota SD12$518+35%$275 – $746
Ohio OH79$486+27%$255 – $909
Georgia GA36$481+26%$390 – $568
Idaho ID15$443+16%$277 – $851
Alabama AL10$407+6%$201 – $837
Virginia VA32$406+6%$72 – $2,031
Wisconsin WI61$404+6%$274 – $584
Illinois IL41$394+3%$205 – $916
Minnesota MN51$378−1%$250 – $630
North Carolina NC34$372−3%$175 – $643
Washington WA35$366−4%$278 – $441
New York NY70$360−6%$203 – $833
Texas TX43$356−7%$224 – $892
Michigan MI64$355−7%$133 – $494
Missouri MO27$340−11%$216 – $759
Iowa IA51$330−14%$211 – $382
Colorado CO15$326−15%$233 – $526
Nebraska NE29$321−16%$186 – $505
Oregon OR36$320−16%$200 – $798
West Virginia WV23$312−18%$116 – $711
Pennsylvania PA58$302−21%$158 – $616
Louisiana LA24$259−32%$147 – $603
Kentucky KY10$251−34%$163 – $455
Kansas KS32$246−36%$162 – $584
New Hampshire NH11$241−37%$125 – $350
Vermont VT10$235−39%$123 – $536
Indiana IN31$210−45%$158 – $351
Maine ME11$209−45%$99 – $306
Montana MT14$183−52%$142 – $385
Oklahoma OK15$180−53%$180 – $308
Hawaii HI10$176−54%$142 – $348
Tennessee TN18$62−84%$62 – $293
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $382.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care932$419$229 – $944
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access348$301$172 – $502
Ownership
For-profit77$458$220 – $949
Government262$335$209 – $600
Non-profit958$390$203 – $892
System affiliation
Part of a system1,037$390$205 – $851
Independent265$342$209 – $662

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$587
Median cash price$382
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

864 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $400 and the average of the middle 60% is $458; most fall between $224 and $892.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 864 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
$163$250$400$773$1,268

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($163 vs $1,268).

Of the 928 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 864 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 38 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,302 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (33%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,410 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,302
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) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded49
Hospitals that filed this code1,410

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 Colposcopy Cervix Uppr/Adjcnt Vagina W/Cervix Bx.

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 cervix with biopsy (CPT 57455) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-57455-colposcopy-of-the-cervix-with-biopsy