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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 October 2026.

How much does Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.20$16.22 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$22.39 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $42Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $25
$10$20$50facility $23professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$53.70
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$41.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.08
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$30.90

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 45th of 51

$18.62

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.