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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

North Carolina 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$63.10$48.98 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$52.48 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $49 to $107Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $43 to $126
$50$100$200facility $60professional $63

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
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$69.18
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$61.66

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.