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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Delaware 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9.33 to $13.18.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $54
$10$20$50professional $12

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
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 47th of 51

$12.30

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.