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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

South Dakota 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$51.29$33.88 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$25.70 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $17 to $74Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $18 to $115
$20$50$100facility $36professional $51

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
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$114.82
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.84
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$269.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$100.00
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$95.50
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$66.07

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 2nd of 51

$50.12

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.