go back

Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Arizona 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $67.61.

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 $54 · 10th to 90th $46 to $151
$50$100$200$500professional $54

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
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$67.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$79.43

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 42nd of 51

$53.70

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.