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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

Vermont 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $93.33.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $68 to $93
$100professional $76

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
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$31.62
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 18th of 51

$75.86

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.