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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Oregon 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 to $138.

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 $100 · 10th to 90th $68 to $245
$50$100$200professional $100

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
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$173.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$162.18

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 12th of 51

$100

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.