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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Maine 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $56.23 to $158.

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 $115 · 10th to 90th $56 to $234
$50$100$200professional $115

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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$70.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$165.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$31.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$165.96

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 7th of 51

$115

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.