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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Minnesota 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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$52.48$34.67 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$27.54 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $18 to $182Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $20 to $138
$20$50$100$200facility $44professional $52

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
$17.78
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$91.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$114.82

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$52.48

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.