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Pap Test Slide Screening

Maryland 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.88 to $14.79.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$10$20professional $13

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$40.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$36.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$25.12
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 38th of 51

$13.18

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.