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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Ohio 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 Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 8 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$20.42$16.60 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$53.70 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $23 to $79Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $38
$20$50$100facility $79professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$40.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$56.23
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$56.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$45.71

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 36th 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.