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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Missouri 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 Missouri, 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 $41.69 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$40.74$18.62 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$23.99 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $18 to $112Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $17 to $95
$10$20$50$100$200facility $42professional $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
$25.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$269.15
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$66.07

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 23rd 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.