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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Illinois 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.88$18.20 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$26.30 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $21 to $120Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $14 to $41
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $22

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
$19.50
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$35.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$53.70
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$42.66

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 24th of 51

$26.30

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.