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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Louisiana 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$25.70$15.85 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$25.70 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $22 to $69Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $26

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
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$30.20

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.