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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Massachusetts 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$85.11$40.74 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$43.65 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $37 to $155Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $15 to $251
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $69professional $85

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
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$51.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$151.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$239.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$151.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$125.89
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$91.20
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
3 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
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$10.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 51

$75.86

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.