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Cervical Screening Slide, Automated Reading

Pennsylvania 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$12.88$10.72 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$44.67 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $45 to $126Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $37
$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$117.49
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$24.55
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$40.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$30.90

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 45th of 51

$12.88

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.