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Cell Smear: Preparation, Screening And Interpretation

Wyoming 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $89.13 to $214.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $89 to $214
$50$100$200professional $135

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
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$104.71

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 3rd of 51

$135

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.