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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Rhode Island 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?

$33.88

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.38 to $43.65.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $17 to $69Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $14 to $48
$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $34

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 38th of 51

$33.88

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.