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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Maryland 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.98 to $19.05.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $30
$10$20$50professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$69.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$43.65
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$18.20

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.