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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Missouri 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$42.66$20.42 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$40.74 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $15 to $234Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $18 to $251
$10$20$50$100$200facility $65professional $43

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
$18.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$128.82
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
$21.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 26th of 51

$48.98

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.