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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 October 2026.

How much does Pap Test Slide Screening cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$8.32 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$14.79 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $48Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $6 to $30
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $19professional $15

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
$7.76
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$35.48
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$42.66
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$41.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$24.55
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.89
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$23.44
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$29.51
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.05
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
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$2.69

Where New York 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 York· 41st of 51

$15.14

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.