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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Colorado 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.99$18.20 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$43.65 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $19 to $110Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $10 to $54
$10$20$50$100facility $69professional $24

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
$23.99
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$43.65
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$43.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$93.33
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$47.86
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
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.79

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 4th of 51

$48.98

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.