Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Manchester, NH
In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $82.20 to $98.67, with a median of $88.06. The lowest listed price is at Monadnock Community Hospital — $5.86 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $94.78 at 6 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 88142, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Manchester-Nashua, NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 88142 *CYTO GYN | $82.20 | $137.00 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Cytp Cerv/Vag Auto Thin Layer Prep Mnl Screen | $88.06 | $238.00 | — | 63% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $98.67 | $253.00 | — | 61% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $82.20, median $88.06, highest $98.67 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $88.06. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This code covers the lab work on a Pap test collected in liquid, where the sample is prepared as a thin layer and screened for abnormal cervical cells. It is not the exam where the sample is collected.
What the price covers
The price usually covers preparing and screening the sample. The visit and pelvic exam, an HPV test on the same sample (87624) and a pathologist's review of abnormal cells are billed separately.