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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

Massachusetts 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 9 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$91.20$67.61 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$38.90 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $27 to $126Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $46 to $224
$20$50$100$200$500facility $65professional $91

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
$45.71
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$173.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$407.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$245.47
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$91.20
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$123.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$177.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$407.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$245.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$131.83

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$91.20

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.