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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Illinois 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 Illinois, 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 $44.67 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 7 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$19.50 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$25.12 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $16 to $71Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $18 to $68
$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $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
$15.85
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$66.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$48.98
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$58.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 19th 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.