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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Nebraska 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11.48 to $27.54.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $11 to $50Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $11 to $45
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $11

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$51.29

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 50th of 51

$11.48

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.