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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 to $129.

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 $46 to $145
$50$100professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$79.43

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 16th 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.