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Forensic Cytology Examination

Rhode Island 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 4 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$19.95$16.98 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$29.51 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $25 to $54Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $17 to $32
$10$20$50facility $54professional $20

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
$29.51
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 45th of 51

$19.95

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.