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Specialized Cell Sample Preparation and Review

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

How much does Specialized Cell Sample Preparation and Review cost?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 6 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$117$85.11 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$63.10 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $50 to $537Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $60 to $275
$50$100$200$500facility $162professional $117

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
$50.12
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$169.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$79.43
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$263.03

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Wyoming 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$123

WY $129AL $48.98

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.