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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

North Carolina 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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$13.49$12.02 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$14.79 to $22.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $35Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$13.49

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.