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Pap Test Slide Screening

Minnesota 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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 6 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$18.20$16.22 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$16.22 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $16 to $132Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $46
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $18

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
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$52.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$18.20

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.