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Specialized Cell Sample Preparation and Review

Virginia 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$58.88$40.74 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$50.12 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $35 to $240Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $34 to $135
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $79professional $59

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
$100.00
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$67.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$144.54
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$177.83
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$87.10
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
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$64.57

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.