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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88147

A cervical screening test in which cells collected from the cervix are spread on a slide and examined for early changes that could develop into cancer. The slide is examined with the help of an automated scanning system in a laboratory overseen by a pathologist. An abnormal result leads to further testing rather than immediate treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$38.02$16.22 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$25.12 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $25 to $43Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $13 to $58
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $38

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 49th of 51

$25.12

AK $151KY $14.79

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.