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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Indiana 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $54.95 to $58.88.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $27 to $69
$20$50$100professional $59

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
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 32nd of 51

$58.88

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.