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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Oregon 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 Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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$42.66$27.54 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$28.84 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $19 to $89Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $18 to $112
$10$20$50$100$200facility $50professional $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
$41.69
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$112.20
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$107.15
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$112.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$100.00

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 5th 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.