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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

South Carolina 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 to $79.43.

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 $55 · 10th to 90th $48 to $251
$50$100$200professional $55

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
$54.95
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$51.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$66.07

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$54.95

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.