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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Georgia 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.85 to $25.12.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $11Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $36
$10$20$50facility $8professional $20

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$57.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$74.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$53.70

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 22nd of 51

$20.42

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.