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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

New Mexico 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$30.90$18.62 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$22.91 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $18 to $91Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $14 to $65
$10$20$50$100$200facility $41professional $31

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
$40.74
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$77.62
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
$40.74
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$69.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 43rd of 51

$32.36

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.