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Cell Examination of a Fluid or Washing Sample

Kansas 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $58.88 to $102.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $46 to $102
$50$100$200$500professional $66

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
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 23rd of 51

$66.07

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.