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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 July 2026.

How much does Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.38 to $20.42.

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 $10 to $40
$10$20$50professional $18

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$40.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$48.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 39th of 51

$18.20

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.