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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Iowa rates for HCPCS 88174

Laboratory examination of cells collected from the cervix or vagina. The sample is collected into a preservative liquid, spread as a thin layer on a slide, and screened by an automated imaging system under a doctor's supervision, looking for abnormal or precancerous cells.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$25.12$21.88 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$33.11 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $29 to $120Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $19 to $59
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $48professional $25

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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$77.62
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Wyoming than in Nebraska. 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.

Iowa· 20th of 51

$25.12

WY $47.86NE $16.60

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.