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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Indiana 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.60$11.48 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$19.95 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $16 to $62Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $35
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $20professional $17

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
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.39
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$44.67
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$37.15
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
$7.94
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.80

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$19.95

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.