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Pap Test Slide Screening

Idaho 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.62$15.85 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$22.39 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $19 to $63Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $31
$10$20$50facility $33professional $19

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
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$35.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$35.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$21.38
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 Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 18th of 51

$22.39

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.