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Conventional Cervical Slide, Screened Twice

West 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.42$17.78 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$19.95 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $19 to $72Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $115
$10$20$50$100facility $47professional $20

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 36th of 51

$20.42

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.