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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Iowa 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 Iowa, 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 $40.74 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$42.66$20.42 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$21.88 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $17 to $72Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $17 to $123
$20$50$100facility $41professional $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
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$77.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$269.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$114.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$95.50
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$63.10

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th 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.