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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

Indiana 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$51.29$51.29 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$28.18 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $20 to $63Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $30 to $91
$20$50$100facility $33professional $51

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$67.61

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 46th of 51

$51.29

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.