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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

Illinois 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $191 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 7 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$60.26$54.95 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$191 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $66 to $191Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $33 to $115
$50$100$200facility $191professional $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. 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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$67.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$77.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$263.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$162.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 33rd of 51

$61.66

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.