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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Washington, DC 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.88 to $12.88.

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 $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $13
$10$20$50professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$38.90

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 43rd of 51

$12.88

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.