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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Kansas 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $19.50 to $23.99.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $15 to $35Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $18 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $21

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 19th of 51

$20.89

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.