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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Virginia 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.18$20.42 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$50.12 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $38 to $245Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $56
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $60professional $28

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
$42.66
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$85.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.95
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$81.28
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
$19.05
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.51

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$40.74

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.