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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Montana 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$50.12$26.92 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$26.92 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $25 to $63Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $25 to $76
$20$50facility $27professional $50

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$44.67
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$34.67

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 4th of 51

$47.86

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.