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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Kentucky 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $8.91 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$18.20$10.00 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$8.91 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $115
$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $18

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
$5.89
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$47.86

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$13.49

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.