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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Indiana 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 to $58.88.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $24 to $68
$20$50$100professional $58

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
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$77.62

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 36th of 51

$57.54

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.