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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Minnesota 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.99$22.39 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$22.39 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $22 to $178Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $19 to $35
$20$50$100$200facility $42professional $24

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
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$48.98
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$63.10

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 15th of 51

$23.99

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.