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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Oregon 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 to $141.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $66 to $240
$50$100$200professional $93

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
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$95.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$72.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$169.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$158.49

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 12th of 51

$93.33

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.