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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88148

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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9.55 to $20.89.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $19 to $19Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $21
$10$20facility $19professional $13

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
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.39

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Wyoming 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.

Alabama· 34th of 51

$13.49

WY $30.20KY $11.22

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.