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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Washington 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $56.23 to $135.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $45 to $182
$50$100$200professional $85

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
$44.67
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$85.11
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$114.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$69.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$50.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$93.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 14th of 51

$85.11

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.