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Specialized Cell Sample Preparation and Review

Utah 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$47.86$30.20 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$89.13 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $89 to $141Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $26 to $81
$50$100$200facility $98professional $48

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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$66.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$64.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 50th of 51

$48.98

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.