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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Rhode Island 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $42.66 to $81.28.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $43 to $95
$50$100professional $48

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
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 51st of 51

$47.86

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.