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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

Virginia 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.98$9.55 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$23.99 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $20 to $117Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $32professional $17

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
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.95
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$47.86
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.07

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th of 51

$19.95

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.