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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Nebraska 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.85 to $32.36.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $10 to $52Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $16 to $44
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $16

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$52.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$43.65

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 47th of 51

$15.85

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.