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Forensic Cytology Examination

Massachusetts 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 7 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$35.48$20.89 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$18.20 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $50Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $17 to $87
$10$20$50$100$200facility $26professional $35

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$93.33
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$52.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$47.86
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$47.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$34.67

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.