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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Mississippi 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $54.95 to $129.

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 $78 · 10th to 90th $45 to $145
$50$100professional $78

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
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$81.28

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 15th of 51

$77.62

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.