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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Georgia 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$38.90$19.05 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$18.62 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $43Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $17 to $66
$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $39

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
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$61.66
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 27th of 51

$38.90

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.