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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Idaho 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$41.69$19.95 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$19.95 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $17 to $71Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $17 to $78
$10$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $42

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
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$91.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$83.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$79.43

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 17th of 51

$41.69

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.