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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Oregon 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$18.20$15.49 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$17.78 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $16 to $71Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $32
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $25professional $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
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$34.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$45.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.90
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$35.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$53.70

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 18th of 51

$18.62

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.