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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 July 2026.

How much does Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice cost?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.44$20.89 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$22.91 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $17 to $115Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $19 to $46
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $23

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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$43.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$120.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$57.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 18th of 51

$23.44

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.