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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Utah 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $22.39 to $26.30.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $30
$10$20$50professional $25

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$45.71

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 16th of 51

$25.12

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.