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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Kansas 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 Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $21.88 to $26.30.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $20 to $46Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $19 to $30
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $30professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 18th 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.