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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

New Jersey 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $66.07.

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 $55 · 10th to 90th $42 to $107
$50$100professional $55

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
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$79.43
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$34.67
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$87.10
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$56.23
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 41st of 51

$54.95

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.