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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

North Carolina 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$19.05$14.45 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$19.05 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $35Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $19

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
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$38.02
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$19.05

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.