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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 July 2026.

How much does Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice cost?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.79$10.00 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$28.84 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $19 to $35Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $24
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $15

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$14.79

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.