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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Rhode Island 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.38$10.96 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$14.45 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $45Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $33
$10$20$50facility $28professional $21

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$39.81

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 30th of 51

$22.91

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.