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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Utah 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13.49 to $21.38.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $26
$10$20$50professional $15

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.99
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.90

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 49th of 51

$14.79

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.