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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Vermont 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $67.61.

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 $68 · 10th to 90th $48 to $76
$50$100$200professional $68

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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$74.13
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$77.62

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 21st of 51

$67.61

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.