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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Alaska rates for HCPCS 88160

This is the laboratory screening and interpretation of cells collected on a slide from a body site other than the cervix, such as sputum, urine, or a body cavity fluid, to look for abnormal or cancerous cells. A specialist examines the sample under a microscope and provides a written interpretation. It's a cell-based evaluation, similar in concept to a Pap smear but performed on a different type of specimen.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation cost?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $251.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $52 to $316
$50$100$200$500professional $129

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$27.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$58.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Minnesota than in Utah. 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.

Alaska· 5th of 51

$129

MN $170UT $47.86

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.