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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Idaho 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.89$17.38 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$30.20 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $20 to $110Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $40
$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $21

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
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$39.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.18
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 Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 19th of 51

$30.20

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.