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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Kentucky 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $22.39 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $16 to $74
$20$50$100$200professional $50

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
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$33.11
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$275.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$50.12

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.