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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 July 2026.

How much does Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading cost?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$32.36 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$29.51 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $19 to $63Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $20 to $66
$10$20$50$100$200facility $44professional $41

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$81.28
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 24th of 51

$40.74

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.