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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Michigan 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 July 2026.

How much does Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening cost?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.42$19.05 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$15.85 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $95Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $15 to $45
$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $20

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$45.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$35.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.02
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$95.50

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Michigan· 31st of 51

$20.42

SD $77.62DC $15.14

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.