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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 October 2026.

How much does Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice cost?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$26.30$22.39 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$22.39 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $22 to $93Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $63
$20$50$100$200facility $24professional $26

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
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$70.79

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 25th of 51

$25.70

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.