Colposcopy with biopsy cost in California

In California, 87 hospitals publish a cash price for colposcopy with cervical biopsy and scraping of the cervical canal: from $82.00 to $4,058.50, with a median of $946.40. The lowest price is at Tahoe Forest Hospital (Truckee). The highest price is 49.5× the lowest.

• The median here, $946.40, is 102% above the US median of $468.81.
• That is 3.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($311.33).
• California ranks 40th of 44 states by median, cheapest first.
• 16 of 87 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 57454. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map