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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Michigan 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $19.05 to $25.12.

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 $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $45Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $16 to $32
$20$50$100facility $23professional $24

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$57.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$44.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 25th of 51

$23.99

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.