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Pap Test Slide Screening

New Jersey 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.47$8.13 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$38.90 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $19 to $21,878Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $10

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
$8.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$2.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$29.51
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,915.35
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.95

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 51st of 51

$10.47

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.