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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

West 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $66.07.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $51 to $66
$50$100$200professional $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
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$43.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$50.12

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 34th 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.