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Pap Test Slide Screening

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, 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 $44.67 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$12.88$9.55 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$44.67 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $45 to $98Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $29
$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.70
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$24.55
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$40.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 41st 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.