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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 October 2026.

How much does Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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$23.99$19.50 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$12.30 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $22Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $15 to $120
$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $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
$14.79
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 47th of 51

$17.78

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.