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Forensic Cytology Examination

Michigan 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.38 to $25.70.

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 $15 to $38
$20$50$100$200professional $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
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$50.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$35.48
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$35.48

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$24.55

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.