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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, 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 $63.10 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$19.05 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$63.10 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $52 to $200Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $16 to $56
$20$50$100$200facility $63professional $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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$56.23
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$51.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.11
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$56.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$77.62
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd 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.