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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Kansas 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 Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $63.10 to $95.50.

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 $71 · 10th to 90th $50 to $95
$50$100$200$500professional $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
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 18th 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.