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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Montana 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$42.66$20.42 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$29.51 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $19 to $78Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $17 to $76
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $43

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$69.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$77.62

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 15th of 51

$42.66

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.