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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Mississippi 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.30$18.62 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$28.18 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $22 to $44Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $11 to $44
$10$20$50facility $28professional $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
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.02

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 22nd of 51

$28.18

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.