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Cell Sample Smear Screening And Interpretation

Wyoming 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 to $214.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $91 to $214
$50$100$200professional $135

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
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$100.00

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 3rd of 51

$135

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.