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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Arkansas 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 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 $63 · 10th to 90th $52 to $85
$50$100professional $63

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
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$58.88

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 27th of 51

$63.10

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.