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Liquid-Based Cervical Cell Screening

West Virginia 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 4 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$16.60$15.85 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$50.12 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $39 to $145Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $19
$20$50$100$200facility $100professional $17

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
$38.90
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$47.86

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 24th of 51

$22.39

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.