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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Oregon 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$25.70$23.99 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$25.12 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $25 to $112Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $21 to $49
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $34professional $26

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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$56.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$107.15
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$48.98
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$89.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$79.43

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 14th of 51

$25.70

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.