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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

North Dakota 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 Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 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 5 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$43.65$30.20 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$19.05 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $18 to $65Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $18 to $115
$20$50$100facility $40professional $44

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
$19.05
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$93.33

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 7th 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.