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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

North Carolina 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 7 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$23.99$16.22 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$17.78 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $16 to $48Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $16 to $43
$20$50$100facility $19professional $24

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
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$31.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$51.29
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$23.99

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.