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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Louisiana 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$24.55$20.42 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$20.42 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $66Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $12 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $25

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
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.18
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$20.42
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
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.25

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$25.12

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.