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Pap Test Slide Screening

Missouri 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.95$14.79 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$18.62 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $16 to $85Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $91
$10$20$50$100facility $27professional $20

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
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$38.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$44.67
2 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
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.98

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th of 51

$19.95

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.