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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Washington, DC 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $60.26 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 $68 · 10th to 90th $55 to $105
$20$50$100$200professional $68

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
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$128.82

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 20th of 51

$67.61

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.