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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Hawaii 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $70.79 to $117.

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 $98 · 10th to 90th $60 to $135
$50$100professional $98

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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$48.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$83.18
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 13th of 51

$97.72

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.