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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Louisiana 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $25.12 to $33.88.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $21 to $117Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $15 to $166
$20$50$100facility $25professional $31

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
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$165.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$35.48
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$43.65

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$29.51

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.