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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Minnesota 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 6 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$25.12$23.99 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$23.99 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $24 to $186Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $40
$20$50$100$200facility $47professional $25

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
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$51.29
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$69.18

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 21st of 51

$25.12

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.