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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Colorado 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $77.62.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $44 to $129
$50$100professional $62

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
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$87.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$61.66
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 28th of 51

$61.66

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.