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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Minnesota 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 6 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$18.20$16.22 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$16.22 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $16 to $132Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $29
$20$50$100facility $33professional $18

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$52.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$42.66

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 20th of 51

$18.20

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.