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Liquid-Based Pap Test

Minnesota 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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 6 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$22.91$21.88 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$21.88 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $22 to $170Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $19 to $35
$20$50$100$200facility $42professional $23

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$61.66

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 21st of 51

$22.91

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.