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Cell Sample Concentration and Review

West Virginia 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 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 5 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$51.29$45.71 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$100 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $100 to $263Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $45 to $60
$50$100$200facility $110professional $51

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
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$229.09
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$66.07

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 38th of 51

$58.88

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.