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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Rhode Island 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 4 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$21.38$20.42 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$51.29 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $28 to $132Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $20 to $34
$20$50$100facility $62professional $21

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
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$41.69

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 30th of 51

$21.38

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.