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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, 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 $126 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 8 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$10.23 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$93.33 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $74 to $126Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $8 to $89
$10$20$50$100$200facility $126professional $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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$331.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$57.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$66.07
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$87.10
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 23rd 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.