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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Maryland 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $18.62 to $24.55.

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

Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $17 to $43
$20$50professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$83.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$41.69
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 37th of 51

$20.42

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.