Fluid cytology smear and interpretation at Affinity Hospital LLC

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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Original text from hospital filings

CYTOPATH FLD NOT V-C

Birmingham, AL

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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $127 is 96% above the median hospital's median price ($65), higher than 79% of the 2,295 hospitals reporting CPT 88104. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 88104 at Affinity Hospital LLC

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 payers, 22 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient	$17	$17	—	—	—	$17 – $17
2	UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$30	$30	—	—	—	$30 – $30
3	UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$30	$30	—	—	—	$30 – $30
4	Tricare node tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$32	$32	—	—	—	$32 – $32
5	Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$34	$34	—	—	—	$34 – $34
6	UnitedHealthcare node uhc mcr adv facility · per diem · outpatient	$34	$34	—	—	—	$34 – $34
7	Optum node united optum va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$34	$34	—	—	—	$34 – $34
8	Cigna Healthspring node cigna healthspring mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$34	$34	—	—	—	$34 – $34
9	Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$34	$34	—	—	—	$34 – $34
10	Clover node clover health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$35	$35	—	—	—	$35 – $35
11	Aetna node aetna mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$35	$35	—	—	—	$35 – $35
12	WellCare node wellcare mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$35	$35	—	—	—	$35 – $35
13	Aetna aetna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$42	$42	—	—	—	$42 – $42
14	WellCare node wellcare ambetter marketplace facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$51	$51	—	—	—	$51 – $51
15	Cigna cigna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$63	$63	—	—	—	$63 – $63
16	Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$207	$207	—	—	—	$207 – $207
17	First Health first health facility · other · outpatient	$277	$277	—	—	—	$277 – $277
18	MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$281	$281	—	—	—	$281 – $281
19	MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$286	$286	—	—	—	$286 – $286
20	MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$323	$323	—	—	—	$323 – $323
21	MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$323	$323	—	—	—	$323 – $323
22	First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$361	$361	—	—	—	$361 – $361

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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