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Pap Test Slide Screening

Iowa 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.98$15.14 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$19.05 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $15 to $83Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $39
$10$20$50$100facility $27professional $17

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$91.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$42.66
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 20th of 51

$16.98

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.