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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

New Jersey 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.98 to $25.12.

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 $13,804 · 10th to 90th $126 to $16,218Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $16 to $29
$100$1K$10Kfacility $13,804professional $20

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
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$51.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$16,218.10
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$31.62

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 42nd of 51

$20.42

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.