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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

North Carolina 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$44.67$26.92 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$20.89 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $18 to $68Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $18 to $115
$20$50$100facility $37professional $45

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
$18.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$107.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 8th of 51

$43.65

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.