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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Connecticut 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 Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $45.71 to $102.

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 $52 · 10th to 90th $32 to $162
$50$100$200professional $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
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$102.33
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$125.89

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 43rd 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.