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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

Alaska rates for HCPCS 88108

A fluid sample, such as from a cyst, joint, or body cavity, is processed using a technique that concentrates the cells onto a slide for examination, and then reviewed by a pathologist under a microscope. This method helps ensure that even a small number of cells in a dilute fluid sample can be adequately evaluated.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cell Sample Concentration and Review cost?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $110 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$110$67.61 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$85.11 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $47 to $479Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $68 to $275
$50$100$200$500facility $110professional $110

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$39.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$38.02
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83

Where Alaska 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.

Alaska· 6th of 51

$110

MN $145OK $44.67

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.