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Pap Test Slide Screening

Michigan 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.02 to $16.60.

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

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $30Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $19
$10$20$50facility $15professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$33.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.88
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$14.13

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.