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Pap Test Slide Screening

Kentucky 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 5 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$13.80$6.03 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$21.88 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $27Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $14

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
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.79
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.20

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 30th of 51

$13.80

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.