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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

Iowa 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 8 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$64.57$45.71 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$77.62 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $68 to $204Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $24 to $138
$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $65

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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$104.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$269.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$44.67
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$128.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 31st of 51

$64.57

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.