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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Ohio 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 Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $33.11 to $60.26.

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 $59 · 10th to 90th $27 to $95
$50$100$200professional $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
$33.11
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$83.18
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$125.89
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$46.77
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$83.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.90
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$87.10

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 33rd 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.