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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Arizona 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$47.86$30.20 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$48.98 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $32 to $219Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $13 to $251
$10$20$50$100$200facility $110professional $48

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
$38.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$67.61
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
$16.98
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.59

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 21st of 51

$53.70

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.