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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

New Jersey 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.98$8.13 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$52.48 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $24 to $21,878Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $29
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $17

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
$8.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$3.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$30.20
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$26,915.35
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$32.36

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 49th of 51

$16.98

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.