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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Alaska rates for HCPCS Q0091

Screening Papanicolaou smear; obtaining, preparing and conveyance of cervical or vaginal smear to laboratory

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$42.66$20.42 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$23.44 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $19 to $78Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $17 to $145
$10$20$50$100$200facility $40professional $43

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$75.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$173.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$109.65

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Minnesota than in Mississippi. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 12th of 51

$42.66

MN $52.48MS $23.44

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.