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Pap Test Slide Screening

New York 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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 9 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$13.18$8.13 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$12.88 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $31Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $30
$10$20$50$100$200facility $13professional $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
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$33.11
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$56.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.92
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$31.62
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.11
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$35.48

Where New York 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.

New York· 36th of 51

$13.49

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.