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Pap Test Slide Screening

Montana 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.78 to $33.11.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $18 to $54Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $9 to $54
$10$20$50facility $27professional $26

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
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$53.70
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$53.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$40.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$26.30

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 4th of 51

$26.30

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.