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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Arkansas 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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 7 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$34.67$18.62 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$16.22 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $35Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $16 to $47
$20$50facility $23professional $35

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
$16.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 41st of 51

$33.88

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.