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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Maryland 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $36.31 to $42.66.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $11 to $50
$10$20$50$100professional $38

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$102.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$66.07
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 32nd of 51

$38.02

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.