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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Montana 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $23.99 to $41.69.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $24 to $72Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $14 to $72
$10$20$50facility $37professional $33

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$40.74

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 3rd of 51

$34.67

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.