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Pap Test Slide Screening

Massachusetts 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$31.62$15.14 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$16.60 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $11 to $56Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $10 to $93
$10$100$1Kfacility $27professional $32

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
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$47.86
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$54.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$85.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$45.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$54.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$40.74
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$31.62
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.18
3 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$9.55
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 51

$28.84

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.