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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Pennsylvania 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $46.77 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $45 to $126
$50$100$200$500professional $56

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
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$72.44
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$57.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$123.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$34.67
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$87.10
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$123.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$51.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$72.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$77.62
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.92
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 38th of 51

$56.23

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.