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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Connecticut 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $40.74 to $97.72.

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 $48 · 10th to 90th $33 to $155
$50$100$200professional $48

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
$33.11
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$102.33
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$46.77
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$131.83

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 48th of 51

$47.86

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.