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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Nevada 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $43.65 to $87.10.

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 $59 · 10th to 90th $35 to $95
$20$50$100professional $59

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
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$91.20
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$23.99
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$95.50

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 34th of 51

$58.88

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.