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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

Tennessee 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.85 to $151.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $16 to $76Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $10 to $178
$10$20$50$100facility $42professional $28

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
$15.14
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$46.77
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$47.86
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.63

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$32.36

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.