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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Oklahoma 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $50.12 to $75.86.

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 $51 · 10th to 90th $31 to $89
$20$50$100$200$500professional $51

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
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$66.07

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 44th of 51

$51.29

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.