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Liquid-Based Pap Test

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 88143

A screening test for cervical cancer. Cells brushed from the cervix are rinsed into a vial of preservative liquid, then spread as a thin layer on a slide and examined under a microscope for abnormal or precancerous changes. The liquid method produces a cleaner slide than the older technique of smearing the sample directly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Liquid-Based Pap Test cost?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$32.36$21.38 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$48.98 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $23 to $110Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $17 to $79
$20$50$100facility $49professional $32

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$91.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$54.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$54.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Wyoming than in Nebraska. 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$32.36

WY $43.65NE $15.14

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.