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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Georgia 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $83.18.

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 $60 · 10th to 90th $30 to $135
$50$100$200professional $60

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
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$154.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$87.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$177.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$109.65

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 29th of 51

$60.26

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.