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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

North Dakota 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $214.

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 $145 · 10th to 90th $49 to $275
$50$100$200$500professional $145

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
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 2nd of 51

$145

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.