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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures, female organs

Colposcopy of the cervix with cervical canal scraping

CPT 57456the billing code this page is about

A lighted magnifying scope exam of the cervix and upper vagina combined with scraping of tissue from inside the cervical canal for testing.

Hospitals typically charge $359 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,210 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $390. Most fall between $184 and $718 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,210
States
50
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 1,210 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
$125$216$359$626$1,151

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($125 vs $1,151).

How the prices are spread

$88 – $119: 52 hospitals$88$119 – $160: 71 hospitals$160 – $215: 116 hospitals$160$215 – $288: 164 hospitals$288 – $388: 199 hospitals$288$388 – $521: 145 hospitals$521 – $701: 147 hospitals$521$701 – $942: 88 hospitals$942 – $1,266: 63 hospitals$942$1,266 – $1,702: 47 hospitals$1,266median $359price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,092 of 1,210 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$88$11952
$119$16071
$160$215116
$215$288164
$288$388199
$388$521145
$521$701147
$701$94288
$942$1,26663
$1,266$1,70247

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$311
Median cash price$359
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.15×

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 $359.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $193 across 11 hospitalsME$193Vermont: median $222 across 10 hospitalsVT$222New Hampshire: median $116 across 10 hospitalsNH$116Washington: median $399 across 29 hospitalsWA$399Idaho: median $335 across 14 hospitalsID$335Montana: median $244 across 13 hospitalsMT$244North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $401 across 42 hospitalsMN$401Illinois: median $359 across 42 hospitalsIL$359Wisconsin: median $376 across 60 hospitalsWI$376Michigan: median $348 across 66 hospitalsMI$348New York: median $360 across 70 hospitalsNY$360Massachusetts: median $644 across 28 hospitalsMA$644Oregon: median $276 across 32 hospitalsOR$276Nevada: 3 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 $724 across 11 hospitalsSD$724Iowa: median $259 across 43 hospitalsIA$259Indiana: median $210 across 29 hospitalsIN$210Ohio: median $431 across 60 hospitalsOH$431Pennsylvania: median $281 across 54 hospitalsPA$281New Jersey: median $406 across 45 hospitalsNJ$406Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $946 across 79 hospitalsCA$946Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $300 across 15 hospitalsCO$300Nebraska: median $286 across 26 hospitalsNE$286Missouri: median $241 across 24 hospitalsMO$241Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $316 across 24 hospitalsWV$316Virginia: median $175 across 21 hospitalsVA$175Maryland: 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 $4,497 across 13 hospitalsAZ$4,497New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $202 across 26 hospitalsKS$202Arkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $62 across 16 hospitalsTN$62North Carolina: median $384 across 27 hospitalsNC$384South Carolina: median $614 across 28 hospitalsSC$614Oklahoma: median $168 across 14 hospitalsOK$168Louisiana: median $256 across 24 hospitalsLA$256Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $367 across 11 hospitalsAL$367Georgia: median $568 across 40 hospitalsGA$568Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $535 across 40 hospitalsTX$535Florida: median $511 across 36 hospitalsFL$511
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $359. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ13$4,497+1152%$374 – $4,497
California CA79$946+163%$417 – $1,702
South Dakota SD11$724+102%$320 – $724
Massachusetts MA28$644+79%$230 – $1,083
South Carolina SC28$614+71%$548 – $639
Georgia GA40$568+58%$115 – $742
Texas TX40$535+49%$224 – $718
Florida FL36$511+42%$235 – $1,085
Ohio OH60$431+20%$234 – $909
New Jersey NJ45$406+13%$337 – $4,504
Minnesota MN42$401+12%$199 – $626
Washington WA29$399+11%$263 – $1,517
North Carolina NC27$384+7%$147 – $690
Wisconsin WI60$376+5%$258 – $496
Alabama AL11$367+2%$215 – $837
New York NY70$3600%$172 – $742
Illinois IL42$3590%$205 – $978
Michigan MI66$348−3%$123 – $453
Idaho ID14$335−7%$235 – $851
West Virginia WV24$316−12%$181 – $711
Colorado CO15$300−16%$225 – $537
Nebraska NE26$286−21%$186 – $360
Pennsylvania PA54$281−22%$179 – $616
Oregon OR32$276−23%$183 – $530
Iowa IA43$259−28%$151 – $359
Louisiana LA24$256−29%$148 – $474
Montana MT13$244−32%$141 – $416
Missouri MO24$241−33%$181 – $750
Vermont VT10$222−38%$154 – $500
Indiana IN29$210−41%$158 – $404
Kansas KS26$202−44%$150 – $644
Maine ME11$193−46%$129 – $258
Virginia VA21$175−51%$67 – $516
Oklahoma OK14$168−53%$168 – $620
New Hampshire NH10$116−68%$70 – $238
Tennessee TN16$62−83%$62 – $235
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $359.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care893$389$202 – $877
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access300$288$165 – $496
Ownership
For-profit74$471$205 – $851
Government234$319$182 – $600
Non-profit900$360$181 – $763
System affiliation
Part of a system974$367$181 – $754
Independent236$305$192 – $556

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$559
Median cash price$359
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

805 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $389 and the average of the middle 60% is $424; most fall between $205 and $828.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 805 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
$146$230$389$690$1,225

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($146 vs $1,225).

Of the 868 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 805 gave a usable cash price; 25 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

1,210 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 1,314 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,210
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here54
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded48
Hospitals that filed this code1,314

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 Endocervical Curettage.

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 cervical canal scraping (CPT 57456) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-57456-colposcopy-of-the-cervix-with-cervical-canal-scraping