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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Maryland 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 to $72.44.

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 $66 · 10th to 90th $32 to $132
$20$50$100professional $66

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
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$81.28
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$24.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$51.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$81.28
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 23rd of 51

$66.07

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.