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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Delaware 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 July 2026.

How much does Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice cost?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8.13 to $19.95.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $72
$10$20$50professional $16

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$52.48

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Wyoming than in Rhode Island. 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.

Delaware· 44th of 51

$16.22

WY $45.71RI $10.96

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.