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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Tennessee 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 6 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$28.84$18.62 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$23.44 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $20 to $148Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $15 to $56
$10$20$50$100$200facility $49professional $29

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
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$66.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62
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
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$64.57

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 46th of 51

$28.84

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.