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Forensic Cytology Examination

Iowa rates for HCPCS 88125

A microscope examination of material collected for legal or investigative purposes, for example checking a specimen for the presence of sperm. A laboratory professional prepares the material on a slide, examines it, and reports what is found.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Forensic Cytology Examination cost?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$26.92$20.42 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$25.70 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $22 to $105Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $13 to $55
$20$50$100facility $32professional $27

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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$213.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$61.66
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. 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.

Iowa· 19th of 51

$26.92

MN $58.88DE $18.62

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.