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.

Model: claude-haiku-5-5
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

Average

$50

Median

$44

High

$114

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	Aetna other · outpatient · +2 other terms	38	$80	$102	$68	66%	—	$37 – $230
2	Humana other · outpatient · +4 other terms	38	$42	$48	$11	23%	—	$41 – $70
3	UnitedHealthcare other · outpatient · +3 other terms	35	$43	$49	$24	48%	—	$18 – $118
4	Ambetter other · inpatient · +1 other terms	31	$70	$66	$10	15%	—	$53 – $80
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield other · outpatient · +2 other terms	27	$43	$45	$13	28%	—	$20 – $98
6	WellCare other · inpatient · +1 other terms	20	$42	$43	$1	2%	—	$42 – $44
7	Cigna other · outpatient · +1 other terms	18	$120	$139	$78	56%	—	$7 – $417
8	Molina other · inpatient · +2 other terms	16	$63	$59	$18	31%	—	$43 – $93
9	Oscar other · outpatient · +1 other terms	15	$68	$64	$4	7%	—	$59 – $68
10	Optum other · inpatient · +1 other terms	10	$42	$42	—	—	—	$42 – $42

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