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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

South Carolina 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$36.31$18.62 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$20.89 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $18 to $66Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $17 to $56
$10$20$50$100$200facility $38professional $36

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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$56.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$66.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$37.15

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.