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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 July 2026.

How much does Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13.49 to $20.42.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $15 to $45Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$10$20$50facility $23professional $18

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
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$44.67
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.02

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$18.20

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.