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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Idaho 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 Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.99$20.42 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$26.30 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $24 to $87Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $14 to $47
$10$20$50$100facility $44professional $24

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
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$46.77
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$46.77
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$45.71
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$87.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 20th 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.