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Pap Test Slide Screening

Arizona 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$12.02 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$18.20 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $12 to $81Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $91
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $15

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
$14.13
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.91
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.51

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 30th of 51

$18.62

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.