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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 July 2026.

How much does Pap Test Slide Screening cost?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$21.38$12.59 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$29.51 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $87Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $50
$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $21

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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$53.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$35.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$43.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$45.71

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 51

$21.38

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.