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Forensic Cytology Examination

Minnesota 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 6 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$60.26$35.48 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$26.92 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $27 to $229Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $27 to $100
$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $60

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
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$58.88

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.