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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Florida 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 Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $40.74 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $32 to $83
$50$100professional $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
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$45.71
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$61.66
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$45.71
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$77.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$87.10
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 49th 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.