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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Nebraska 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.60 to $39.81.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $17 to $69Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $17 to $51
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $49professional $17

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$64.57

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 51st of 51

$16.60

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.