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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

South Dakota 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $51.29 to $155.

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 $112 · 10th to 90th $51 to $174
$50$100$200$500professional $112

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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$309.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$104.71
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$131.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$186.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 8th of 51

$112

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.