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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

West Virginia 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $51 to $68
$50$100$200professional $56

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
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$47.86

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 38th of 51

$56.23

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.