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Pap Test Slide Screening

Illinois 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$14.13$4.47 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$22.39 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $89Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $3 to $25
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $14

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
$26.92
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.95

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 45th of 51

$14.13

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.