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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 July 2026.

How much does Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading cost?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 8 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$56.23$22.39 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$100 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $38 to $240Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $11 to $138
$10$20$50$100$200facility $100professional $56

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
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$151.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$104.71
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$125.89

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 51

$56.23

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.