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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, 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 $151 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$42.66$19.95 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$43.65 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $19 to $13,804Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $17 to $63
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $151professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$323.59
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$16,218.10
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 14th 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.