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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Missouri 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $54.95 to $93.33.

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 $65 · 10th to 90th $28 to $145
$50$100$200$500professional $65

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
$64.57
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$100.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
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
$35.48
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$102.33

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 26th of 51

$64.57

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.