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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Missouri 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 Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 to $85.11.

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 $31 to $145
$50$100$200$500professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$64.57
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
$83.18
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$97.72

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 22nd 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.