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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

New Hampshire 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 7 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$29.51$17.38 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$10.72 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $11 to $115Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $14 to $56
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $30

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
$10.72
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$81.28
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$54.95

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 47th of 51

$28.84

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.