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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

South Dakota 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $51.29 to $155.

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 $120 · 10th to 90th $51 to $170
$50$100$200$500professional $120

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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$128.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$186.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$128.82

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 7th of 51

$120

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.