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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Oregon 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.99$20.42 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$26.30 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $24 to $85Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $14 to $47
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $24

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
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$46.77
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$107.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$32.36
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$63.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$66.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$46.77
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$85.11

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 10th of 51

$31.62

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.