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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

New Jersey 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$15.14$14.13 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$22.39 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $18 to $20,893Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $30
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $74professional $15

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
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.07
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$263.03
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$56.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.30
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$26,915.35
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.92

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 50th of 51

$15.85

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.