P3000
No office rateScreen pap by tech w md supv
Choose P3001 when a physician interprets the screening smear. P3000 describes technician screening under physician supervision.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
P3001 Pap smear Medicare reimbursement rates in Pennsylvania
P3001 reports a physician’s interpretation of a cervical or vaginal Pap smear submitted for cancer screening, rather than specimen collection alone. Compare P3001 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Pennsylvania.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for P3001 in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$22.77–$24.89
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$22.77–$24.89
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Cytopathology
About P3001: Physician interpretation of screening Pap smear
P3001 reports a physician’s interpretation of a cervical or vaginal Pap smear submitted for cancer screening, rather than specimen collection alone.
P3001 represents physician interpretation of cervical or vaginal cytology collected for screening. It is typically performed by a pathologist or cytopathologist working in a laboratory after a clinician collects the specimen during a preventive visit. The service concerns review and interpretation of the screening smear, not obtaining the specimen or transporting it to the laboratory. The resulting interpretation supports screening for cervical or vaginal cellular abnormalities.
Report P3001 when the physician interpretation is provided for a screening Pap specimen. The record should support the screening purpose, identify the cervical or vaginal specimen, and include the physician’s cytology interpretation. Keep the interpretation distinct from collection and conveyance, represented by Q0091, and from technician screening under physician supervision, represented by P3000. CMS assigns work, practice-expense, and malpractice relative value units to this physician service. The CMS facts supplied list no special payment rule for P3001.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.25 · 35%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.46 · 64%
- Malpractice RVU0.01 · 1%
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This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
P3001 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Pennsylvania, from the same CMS release.
$43.33–$47.86
Q0091 covers obtaining, preparing, and conveying a screening Pap specimen; P3001 covers physician interpretation of the smear.
$22.77–$24.89
G0124 applies to screening cytopathology using preservative-fluid collection and automated thin-layer preparation, requiring physician interpretation.
Compare P3001 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
2 of 2 payment localities
Metropolitan Philadelphia →
Office / nonfacility
$24.89
Facility
$24.89
Rest Of Pennsylvania →
Office / nonfacility
$22.77
Facility
$22.77
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P3001 billing questions
When should P3001 be used instead of P3000?
P3001 is for physician interpretation of a screening Pap smear. P3000 represents technician screening under physician supervision.
Does P3001 include collecting the Pap specimen?
No. P3001 describes physician interpretation; Q0091 represents obtaining, preparing, and conveying a screening Pap specimen.
Can P3001 be reported with Q0091?
They describe different services: Q0091 covers specimen collection and conveyance, while P3001 covers physician interpretation. The record should support each service reported.
What documentation supports P3001?
Document the screening purpose, cervical or vaginal specimen, and the physician’s cytology interpretation.
How does P3001 differ from G0124?
P3001 identifies physician interpretation of a screening Pap smear. G0124 is for screening cytopathology using preservative-fluid collection and automated thin-layer preparation, with physician interpretation.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
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