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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Arizona 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$22.39$13.49 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$24.55 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $15 to $105Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $12 to $166
$10$20$50$100facility $44professional $22

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
$15.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.31

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$25.70

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.