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Pap Test Slide Screening

Alaska rates for HCPCS 88164

Laboratory examination of cells collected from the cervix or vagina during a Pap test. A trained screener looks at the slide under a microscope, under a doctor's oversight, to find cells that look abnormal or precancerous. Findings are reported using a widely used standard format for cervical cell results.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pap Test Slide Screening cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $10.00 to $26.30.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $26Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $40
$10$20$50facility $19professional $21

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$45.71

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in South Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Alaska· 15th of 51

$18.62

SD $45.71CT $10.72

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.