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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Nebraska 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $46.77 to $123.

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 $68 · 10th to 90th $47 to $158
$50$100$200$500professional $68

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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$102.33

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$67.61

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.