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Pap Test Slide Screening

North Carolina 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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$12.88$12.02 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$14.45 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.70
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$12.88

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.