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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 July 2026.

How much does Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice cost?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$23.44$20.42 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$23.99 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $23 to $85Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $47
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $24professional $23

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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.88
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$47.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$42.66
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$83.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$74.13

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 13th of 51

$23.99

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.