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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 July 2026.

How much does Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening cost?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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 6 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$20.89$20.42 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$23.44 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $19 to $151Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $18 to $105
$20$50$100facility $68professional $21

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
$19.05
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$41.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$131.83

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 27th of 51

$21.88

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.