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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Kansas 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 6 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$39.81$23.44 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$18.62 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $17 to $60Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $18 to $56
$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $40

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
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$39.81

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.