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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Maryland 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.88 to $15.85.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$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
$9.77
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$58.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$43.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$13.18

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.