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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Utah 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $43.65 to $81.28.

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 $48 · 10th to 90th $32 to $110
$20$50$100professional $48

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
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$97.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.02
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$81.28

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 51st of 51

$47.86

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.