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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Ohio 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 Ohio, 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 $75.86 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 8 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$10.96 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$50.12 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $11 to $76Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $27
$10$20$50facility $76professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$20.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$42.66
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$42.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$41.69

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 32nd 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.