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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

Missouri 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$72.44$54.95 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$75.86 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $55 to $115Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $35 to $148
$10$20$50$100$200facility $110professional $72

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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$81.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$154.88
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
$38.02
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$83.18

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 51

$74.13

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.