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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Colorado 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$38.02 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$91.20 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $39 to $229Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $19 to $112
$10$20$50$100$200facility $148professional $50

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
$51.29
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$74.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$54.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$194.98
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$100.00
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
$8.91
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.00

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$105

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.