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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88153

Laboratory examination of a cervical screening (Pap) sample smeared directly onto a glass slide, in which a trained technologist reviews it and it is then reviewed a second time under a pathologist's supervision. The second look lowers the chance that a small number of abnormal cells is missed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.62$12.88 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$25.12 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $25 to $25Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $28
$10$20$50facility $25professional $19

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Texas 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.

Alabama· 27th of 51

$25.12

TX $120KY $13.49

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.