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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Massachusetts 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 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$31.62$22.91 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$52.48 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $25 to $120Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $20 to $81
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $52professional $32

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$95.50
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$63.10

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 51

$31.62

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.