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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Utah 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $14.45 to $44.67.

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

Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $56
$10$20$50$100professional $19

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$93.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$66.07

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 50th of 51

$19.50

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.