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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Delaware 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 Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $31.62 to $61.66.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $32 to $269
$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
$52.48
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$102.33

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 45th 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.