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Pap Test Slide Screening

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9.12 to $15.85.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $15 to $32Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$10$20facility $18professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$26.92
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$29.51

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th 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.