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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Florida 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 8 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$19.05 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$20.42 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $17 to $71Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $17 to $58
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $37professional $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
$10.96
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$131.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$338,844.16
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$53.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$46.77

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 36th of 51

$34.67

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.