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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

New York 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 9 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$9.55 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$19.50 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $19 to $40Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $42
$10$20$50$100$200facility $20professional $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
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$39.81
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$77.62
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$34.67
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$42.66
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$45.71
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86

Where New York 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.

New York· 26th of 51

$19.50

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.