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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Michigan 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $70.79.

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 $65 · 10th to 90th $46 to $100
$50$100$200professional $65

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
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$77.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$134.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$91.20
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$131.83
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$67.61
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$64.57

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.