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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Georgia 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$29.51$18.20 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$20.42 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $16 to $71Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $11 to $55
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $30

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
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$51.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$79.43
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$64.57
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$64.57
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
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.89

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 24th of 51

$28.18

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.