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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

Rhode Island 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $145 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 4 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$67.61$58.88 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$91.20 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $89 to $166Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $59 to $91
$50$100facility $145professional $68

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 26th of 51

$67.61

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.