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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

New Mexico 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $81.28.

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 $65 · 10th to 90th $23 to $138
$20$50$100$200$500professional $65

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
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$213.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$87.10

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 25th of 51

$64.57

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.