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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Georgia 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.44$19.05 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$40.74 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $16 to $174Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $117
$10$20$50$100$200facility $58professional $23

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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$147.91
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$144.54
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
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.77

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 41st of 51

$33.88

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.