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Pap Test Slide Screening

South Carolina 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$15.14$13.49 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$20.42 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $16 to $65Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $24
$10$20$50$100facility $31professional $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
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.88

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 24th of 51

$19.95

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.