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Forensic Cytology Examination

North Carolina 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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 5 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$20.89$19.50 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$22.39 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $42Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $16 to $34
$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $21

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
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$43.65
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 41st of 51

$20.89

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.