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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Tennessee 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $26.30 to $251.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $34 to $126Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $11 to $380
$10$20$50$100$200facility $89professional $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
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$81.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$66.07
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.91

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 8th of 51

$66.07

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.