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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Delaware 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $33.11 to $63.10.

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 $54 · 10th to 90th $33 to $275
$50$100$200professional $54

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
$53.70
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$97.72

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 41st of 51

$53.70

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.