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Screening Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Collection

West 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 5 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$35.48$18.62 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$22.91 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $19 to $69Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $17 to $50
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $35

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
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
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
$223.87
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$60.26

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 35th of 51

$35.48

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.