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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Mississippi 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?

$23.44

Typical physician fee. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.98 to $40.74.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $17 to $39Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $46
$10$20$50facility $26professional $23

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
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 51st of 51

$23.44

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.