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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Oregon 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 8 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$20.42$19.50 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$20.42 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $20 to $72Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $18 to $40
$20$50$100$200facility $50professional $20

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
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$58.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$40.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$48.98
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$39.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$70.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$64.57

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 36th of 51

$20.42

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.