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Pap Test Slide Screening

Tennessee 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11.48 to $93.33.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $12 to $45Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $8 to $138
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $20

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
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$24.55
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$35.48
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
$5.62
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.69

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 13th of 51

$23.99

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.