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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 October 2026.

How much does Pap Test Slide Screening cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.88$6.31 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$18.62 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $72Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $22
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $26professional $13

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
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$26.92
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.95
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$30.20
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
$6.31
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.63

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$15.14

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.