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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88142

A cervical or vaginal cell sample collected into a preservative liquid is prepared as a thin, even layer on a slide and examined by a trained screener under a microscope. The screening looks for cells that are abnormal or show signs of infection. The slide is read by a person rather than by an automated imaging system, under a physician's supervision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.44$15.85 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$25.12 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $23 to $25Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $23

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$29.51
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Vermont than in Illinois. 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.

Alabama· 29th of 51

$25.12

VT $70.79IL $15.49

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.