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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

South 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 October 2026.

How much does Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening cost?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$20.42$15.85 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$40.74 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $21 to $120Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $43
$10$20$50$100facility $60professional $20

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
$15.85
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$67.61
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.38

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 15th of 51

$33.11

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.