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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, 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 $35.48 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$42.66 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$30.20 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $25 to $120Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $32 to $251
$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $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
$33.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81.28

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 24th 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.