G0145 — Screening cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation, with screening by automated system and manual rescreening under physician supervision

What the market charges

Across 1,940 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $14 and $85, with a median of $35.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $26 for this code, across 326,985 services billed by 315 providers. At the median, the market charges 1.3 times what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing G0145 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $26. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • Florida — 22 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $26 — level with the national average
  • California — 52 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $26 — level with the national average
  • North Carolina — 10 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $26 — level with the national average
  • Texas — 16 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $26 — level with the national average
  • Tennessee — 27 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $26 — level with the national average
  • New York — 11 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $26 — level with the national average
  • Alabama — 7 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $26 — level with the national average
  • Massachusetts — 16 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $26 — level with the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, G0145 is not separately payable. 15 pairs in total.

  • 88141 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 88142 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 88143 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 88147 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 88148 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 88150 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 88152 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 88153 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 88164 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 88165 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 88166 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 88167 — no modifier can override this edit

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Every figure on this page came from published payer and Medicare data, assembled by Mishe. The same pricing, claim-editing and care-pathway intelligence runs underneath the plans Mishe operates.

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