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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Mississippi 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $24.55 to $47.86.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $62 to $62Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $19 to $51
$20$50facility $62professional $39

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
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$63.10

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 3rd of 51

$39.81

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.