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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Virginia 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $38.90 to $67.61.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $30 to $115
$50$100professional $60

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
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$35.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$75.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 30th of 51

$60.26

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.