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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Alabama 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $44.67 to $83.18.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $45 to $83
$50$100professional $52

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
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$45.71

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 44th of 51

$52.48

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.