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Cell Examination of a Fluid or Washing Sample

Nebraska 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $42.66 to $110.

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 $60 · 10th to 90th $43 to $158
$50$100$200professional $60

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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$173.78

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 32nd of 51

$60.26

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.