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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Arizona 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$40.74$18.62 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$17.78 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $14 to $62Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $16 to $76
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $41

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
$13.80
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$66.07

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 22nd of 51

$40.74

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.