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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Louisiana 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 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$37.15$19.05 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$28.84 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $19 to $72Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $17 to $63
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $37

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
$19.05
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 34th of 51

$37.15

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.