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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

New York 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 9 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$34.67$20.42 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$40.74 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $41 to $83Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $9 to $85
$10$20$50$100$200facility $43professional $35

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
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$77.62
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$162.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$74.13
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$91.20
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$95.50
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00

Where New York 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.

New York· 37th of 51

$37.15

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.