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Cell Examination of a Fluid or Washing Sample

Georgia rates for HCPCS 88106

Microscopic examination of loose cells collected in a fluid sample, a washing, or a brushing taken from inside the body. The laboratory passes the sample through a fine filter to trap the cells, and a pathologist then examines and reports on them. It is used to look for cancer cells, infection, or inflammation without removing a piece of tissue.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cell Examination of a Fluid or Washing Sample cost?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $44.67 to $85.11.

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

Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $29 to $132
$20$50$100$200professional $58

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$186.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$95.50
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$154.88

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Minnesota than in Oklahoma. 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.

Georgia· 33rd of 51

$57.54

MN $148OK $45.71

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.