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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Idaho 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $126 to $145.

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 $132 · 10th to 90th $55 to $162
$50$100professional $132

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
$58.88
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$44.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$109.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 4th of 51

$132

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.