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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Montana 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $95.50 to $138.

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 $126 · 10th to 90th $44 to $155
$50$100professional $126

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
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$154.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$77.62

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 6th of 51

$126

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.