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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Minnesota 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$23.44$19.05 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$56.23 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $39 to $155Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $98
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $23

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
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$39.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$151.36
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$58.88
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
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$66.07

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.