Fluid cytology smear and interpretation at Rush Medical Foundation

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC CYTOPTH W/INTRP

Meridian, MS

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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $37 is 43% below the median hospital's median price ($65), higher than 10% 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 Rush Medical Foundation

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 12 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	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$21	$26	$7	27%	—	$21 – $36
2	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$33	$33	$3	10%	—	$30 – $36
3	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$33	$33	—	—	—	$33 – $33
4	Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$36	$36	—	—	—	$36 – $36
5	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$36	$36	—	—	—	$36 – $36
6	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$36	$36	—	—	—	$36 – $36
7	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$36	$36	—	—	—	$36 – $36
8	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$41	$41	—	—	—	$41 – $41
9	Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$50	$50	—	—	—	$50 – $50
10	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$61	$61	$20	33%	—	$41 – $81
11	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$71	$71	$23	33%	—	$47 – $94
12	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$75	$75	$11	15%	—	$64 – $87

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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