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Pap Test Slide Screening

Colorado 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.38$13.80 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$33.88 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $14 to $85Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $38
$10$20$50$100facility $52professional $17

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
$18.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$27.54
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$69.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$30.20
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
$6.92
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.89

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 4th of 51

$35.48

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.