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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Kentucky 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 July 2026.

How much does Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading cost?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.95$10.00 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$60.26 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $40 to $74Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $50
$10$20$50$100$200facility $71professional $20

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Wyoming than in Rhode Island. 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$20.42

WY $95.50RI $10.96

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.