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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

North Carolina 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$38.90$19.95 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$40.74 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $35 to $229Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $13 to $117
$10$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $39

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$85.11
3 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
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$42.66

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$38.90

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.