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Pap Test Slide Screening

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Pap Test Slide Screening cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$12.88$10.96 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$25.12 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $21 to $25Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $21
$10$20$50facility $25professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.22
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Alabama· 11th of 51

$25.12

AK $51.29NJ $10.47

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.