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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Kansas 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $64.57 to $97.72.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $51 to $98
$50$100$200$500professional $71

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
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 18th of 51

$70.79

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.