CPT 88165

Pap smear slide review under physician supervision

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC CYTOPATH TBS C/V REDO

Payer pricing summary

Low

$12

Average

$45

Median

$43

High

$118

Payer rate distribution

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All methodologies Case rate 34 Fee schedule 56 Per diem 2 Percent of billed charges 24 Other 22

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1	UnitedHealthcare case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	49	$42	$36	$14	39%	—	$6 – $48
2	Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms	42	$15	$27	$22	79%	—	$10 – $87
3	Aetna case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	40	$43	$47	$24	51%	—	$25 – $150
4	Humana facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	29	$42	$35	$13	38%	—	$10 – $44
5	Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	23	$15	$33	$39	120%	—	$9 – $169
6	Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	23	$16	$34	$25	75%	—	$9 – $84
7	Optum facility · case rate · outpatient	14	$13	$18	$10	59%	—	$10 – $43
8	WellCare case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	14	$43	$44	$2	4%	—	$42 – $46
9	Ambetter case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	13	$61	$50	$25	50%	—	$0 – $68
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	13	$42	$55	$15	28%	—	$42 – $97

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