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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 88161

Covers preparing a slide from loose cells collected from a site other than the cervix, screening it under the microscope, and the physician's interpretation of what is found. The cells may have been brushed, washed, scraped or drawn off from a body surface or a fluid. The report sets out whether the cells look normal, inflamed, infected or abnormal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation cost?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 to $75.86.

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 $65 · 10th to 90th $54 to $89
$50$100professional $65

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
$64.57
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Minnesota than in Rhode Island. 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.

Arkansas· 27th of 51

$64.57

MN $170RI $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.