Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Portland, OR
In Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $28.60 to $103.70, with a median of $75.00. The lowest listed price is at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center — $46.40 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $80.00 at 30 hospitals.
- The median here, $75.00, is 6% above the US median of $70.94.
- That is 3.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($20.26).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 6 cities for code 88142, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 23, 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center lowest Portland, OR · (503) 413-2200 HC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $28.60 | $44.00 | — | 35% |
| Providence Milwaukie Hospital Milwaukie, OR · (503) 513-8300 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN CDM+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 215-1111 HC PAP-THIN PREP SCREENING+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% |
| Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg, OR · (503) 537-1555 HC PAP SUREPATH DIAGNOSTIC+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% |
| Providence St Vincent Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 216-1234 HC PAP SUREPATH DIAGNOSTIC+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% |
| Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center Oregon City, OR · (503) 656-1631 HC PAP SUREPATH DIAGNOSTIC+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% |
| Hillsboro Medical Center Hillsboro, OR · (503) 681-1111 Gyn Monolayer Screen Pap File of Mar 23, 2026 · source file | $87.75 | $135.00 | $15.80–$135.00 | 35% |
| Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR · (503) 494-9000 Gyn Monolayer Screen Pap File of Mar 23, 2026 · source file | $87.75 | $135.00 | $16.21–$135.00 | 35% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Westside Hillsboro, OR · (971) 310-0100 CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $103.70 | $122.00 | $31.00–$101.12 | 15% |
| Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Clackamas, OR · (503) 652-2880 CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $103.70 | $122.00 | $31.00–$101.12 | 15% |
| Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR · (503) 494-9000 Gyn Monolayer Diagnosti Pap File of Mar 23, 2026 · source file | $104.65 | $161.00 | $16.21–$161.00 | 35% |
| Hillsboro Medical Center Hillsboro, OR · (503) 681-1111 Gyn Monolayer Diagnosti Pap File of Mar 23, 2026 · source file | $104.65 | $161.00 | $15.80–$161.00 | 35% |
Outpatient: lowest $28.60, median $75.00, highest $103.70 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $75.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What Pap smear (lab reading) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Pap smear (lab reading) explained.
5 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 88142 ($60.60). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center Tualatin, ORHC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP | $3.18 | file |
| Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Gresham, ORHC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP | $3.18 | file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORHC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP | $3.18 | file |
| Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, ORHC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP | $3.18 | file |
| Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Vancouver, WAHC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP | $3.18 | file |