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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

South 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$23.99$15.14 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$20.42 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $20 to $102Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $14 to $54
$10$20$50$100$200facility $40professional $24

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
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$72.44
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$38.02

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 47th of 51

$30.20

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.