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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Iowa 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $115.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $27 to $158
$50$100$200professional $71

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
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$95.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$52.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$102.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$186.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 17th of 51

$70.79

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.