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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Rhode Island 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $42.66 to $83.18.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $43 to $98
$50$100professional $52

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
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 46th of 51

$52.48

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.