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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Illinois 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$15.49$4.37 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$24.55 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $17 to $110Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $3 to $33
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $41professional $15

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
$17.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$77.62
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$36.31
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.47

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 51st of 51

$15.49

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.