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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Michigan 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $14.45 to $22.91.

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

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $22 to $42Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $19

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$53.70
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$41.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.84
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$30.90

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 25th of 51

$19.50

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.