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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Arkansas 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$37.15 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$57.54 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $22 to $79Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $9 to $68
$10$20$50$100facility $58professional $46

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
$22.39
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 16th of 51

$57.54

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.