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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$38.02$19.05 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$18.62 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $16 to $63Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $17 to $63
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $38

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
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$45.71
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$43.65
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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$77.62
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
$37.15
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$34.67
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$28.84
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$70.79

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd 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.