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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $46.77 to $123.

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 $65 · 10th to 90th $47 to $170
$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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$309.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$61.66
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$89.13

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 25th 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.