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Pap Test Slide Screening

Oregon 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 8 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$15.85$14.13 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$17.78 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $16 to $68Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $13 to $31
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $26professional $16

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
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$31.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$40.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$35.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$40.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$31.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$53.70

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 19th of 51

$17.78

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.