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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Minnesota 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$45.71 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$47.86 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $48 to $191Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $41 to $135
$20$50$100$200$500facility $50professional $50

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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$371.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$147.91

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 25th of 51

$50.12

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.