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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Missouri 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$23.44$18.20 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$23.44 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $18 to $112Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $120
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $23

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
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$61.66
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.50

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 29th of 51

$23.99

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.