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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Vermont 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $52 to $98
$50$100$200professional $68

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
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$112.20
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$36.31
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$74.13

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 21st of 51

$67.61

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.