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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Tennessee 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $70.79.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $40 to $138
$50$100$200$500professional $59

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
$48.98
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$69.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$91.20

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 32nd of 51

$58.88

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.