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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

North Carolina 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$22.91$20.42 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$21.88 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $19 to $51Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $42
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $23professional $23

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
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$48.98
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$251.19
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 27th of 51

$22.91

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.