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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Montana 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$48.98$33.11 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$33.11 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $25 to $78Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $25 to $71
$20$50facility $41professional $49

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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$77.62
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$43.65

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 2nd of 51

$44.67

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.