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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Michigan 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$38.90$19.05 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$17.78 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $10 to $51Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $17 to $63
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $39

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
$9.55
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$56.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$79.43

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$38.90

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.