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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Iowa 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.30$23.99 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$23.99 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $17 to $62Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $23 to $120
$20$50$100facility $30professional $26

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
$18.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$43.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$120.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$31.62
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 21st of 51

$28.18

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.