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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Arkansas 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$21.88$21.38 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$27.54 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $19 to $37Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $9 to $32
$10$20$50facility $28professional $22

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
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 23rd of 51

$27.54

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.