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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Ohio 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $34.67 to $58.88.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $30 to $95
$50$100$200professional $59

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
$31.62
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$66.07
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$83.18
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$123.03
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$46.77
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$83.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.90
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$89.13

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 35th of 51

$58.88

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.