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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Texas 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$18.20 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$19.05 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $14 to $100Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $12 to $182
$10$20$50$100facility $43professional $120

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
$15.85
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$38.02
Health Smart
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$120.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$47.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$23.99
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$64.57
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$25.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.63

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 1st of 51

$120

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.