Wet mount microscopic examination of specimens

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

WET MOUNT SMEAR

Payers reporting HCPCS Q0111

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$34

Median

$24

High

$120

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1	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	141	$25	$43	$32	75%	18–81	$3 – $139
2	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	633	$17	$19	$26	139%	11–110	$1 – $344
3	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	95	$19	$27	$19	71%	4–40	$4 – $107
4	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	417	$19	$25	$26	104%	2–20	$1 – $143
5	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	227	$26	$25	$13	51%	2–20	$1 – $121
6	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	608	$19	$33	$28	85%	—	$0 – $372
7	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	407	$28	$44	$55	127%	—	$3 – $506
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	389	$20	$32	$23	71%	—	$0 – $136
9	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	263	$19	$20	$3	16%	—	$6 – $36
10	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	193	$19	$19	$1	3%	—	$18 – $21
11	Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	166	$36	$39	$13	34%	—	$18 – $57
12	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	130	$19	$19	$1	3%	—	$18 – $20
13	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	81	$31	$30	$7	25%	—	$5 – $50
14	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	67	$19	$19	$6	30%	—	$1 – $36
15	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	55	$19	$23	$10	43%	—	$13 – $53
16	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	48	$19	$19	$1	3%	—	$18 – $19
17	Superior Healthplan fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	42	$19	$20	$1	4%	—	$18 – $30
18	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	37	$29	$40	$31	76%	—	$15 – $122
19	Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	32	$19	$18	$1	6%	—	$15 – $20
20	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	28	$59	$63	$26	41%	—	$18 – $130
21	Regence facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	26	$20	$22	$9	39%	—	$15 – $52
22	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	24	$22	$25	$15	61%	—	$6 – $65
23	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	23	$15	$54	$101	187%	—	$5 – $352
24	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	23	$18	$18	$0	1%	—	$18 – $18
25	Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms	20	$24	$23	$4	18%	—	$11 – $27

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