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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 October 2026.

How much does Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading cost?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $35.48 to $40.74.

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 $15 to $60
$10$20$50$100professional $38

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$144.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
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
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.76

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 36th of 51

$38.02

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.