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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Minnesota 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $105 to $245.

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 $170 · 10th to 90th $72 to $309
$100$200$500professional $170

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
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$407.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$199.53
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$199.53

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$170

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.