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Specialized Cell Sample Preparation and Review

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88112

A non-gynecologic fluid or cell sample, such as from a cyst or body fluid, is processed using a specialized slide-preparation technique that concentrates and clarifies the cells for a clearer view, and then examined by a pathologist under a microscope. This method improves cell detail compared to a standard smear.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Specialized Cell Sample Preparation and Review cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$35.48 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$41.69 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $42 to $43Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $30 to $102
$50$100$200facility $43professional $65

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$40.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$43.65
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Alabama. 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$42.66

WI $155AL $42.66

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.