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Computer-Screened Cervical Cell Sample

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88175

A cervical or vaginal cell sample collected into liquid and spread as a thin layer on a slide is first screened by an automated imaging system, and the areas it flags are then reviewed by a trained screener. Combining the machine pass with human review helps make sure abnormal cells are not missed. The work is done under a physician's supervision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Computer-Screened Cervical Cell Sample cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.20$17.78 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$25.12 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $25 to $25Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $14 to $33
$20$50$100$200facility $25professional $30

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
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
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
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 45th of 51

$25.12

AK $95.50MD $21.38

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.