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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Massachusetts 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25.12$15.85 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$37.15 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $19 to $98Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $11 to $63
$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $25

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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$67.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$40.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$43.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 51

$25.70

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.