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Specialized Cell Sample Preparation and Review

Arizona 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$61.66$43.65 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$51.29 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $27 to $174Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $41 to $646
$20$50$100$200$500facility $87professional $62

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
$25.70
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70
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
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.48

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$69.18

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.