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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

Minnesota 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$135$69.18 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$63.10 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $39 to $708Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $54 to $324
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $151professional $135

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$223.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$64.57
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17
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
$43.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$165.96

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$145

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.