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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Louisiana 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $63.10 to $93.33.

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 $79 · 10th to 90th $45 to $575
$50$100$200$500professional $79

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
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$79.43

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.