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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$19.50$9.55 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$60.26 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $59 to $98Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $43
$10$20$50$100facility $60professional $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
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$158.49
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$31.62
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 27th 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.