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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Georgia 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $85.11.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $27 to $138
$20$50$100$200professional $62

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
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$158.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$75.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$177.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$114.82

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 30th of 51

$61.66

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.