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Pap Test Slide Screening

Washington, DC 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.88 to $12.88.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $12 to $13
$10$20$50professional $13

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$35.48

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 40th of 51

$12.88

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.