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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Florida 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9.77 to $19.05.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $11 to $36Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $24
$10$20$50facility $36professional $17

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
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$34.67
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$18.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$47.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 43rd of 51

$16.98

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.