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Pap Test, Liquid-Based With Automated Screening

Vermont 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 Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $20.42 to $37.15.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $37
$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
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$107.15
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 19th 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.