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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

Maine 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $51.29 to $129.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $51 to $191
$50$100$200professional $98

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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$63.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$134.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$131.83

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 8th of 51

$97.72

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.