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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Kentucky 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 5 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$19.95$12.02 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$30.20 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $23 to $50Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $31
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $20

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
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 44th of 51

$19.95

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.