Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Portland, OR — inpatient
In Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, 7 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening as an inpatient: 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 $77.50 at 24 hospitals.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 6 cities for code 88142, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center lowest Portland, OR · (503) 413-2200 HC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP | $28.60 | $44.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 215-1111 HC PAP SUREPATH DIAGNOSTIC | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 215-1111 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN CDM | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 215-1111 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN LAB | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 215-1111 HC PAP-THIN PREP SCREENING | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 215-1111 HC PAP SUREPATH DIAGNOSTIC | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 215-1111 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN CDM | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 215-1111 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN LAB | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 215-1111 HC PAP-THIN PREP SCREENING | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Milwaukie Hospital Milwaukie, OR · (503) 513-8300 HC PAP SUREPATH DIAGNOSTIC | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Milwaukie Hospital Milwaukie, OR · (503) 513-8300 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN CDM | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Milwaukie Hospital Milwaukie, OR · (503) 513-8300 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN LAB | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Milwaukie Hospital Milwaukie, OR · (503) 513-8300 HC PAP-THIN PREP SCREENING | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center Oregon City, OR · (503) 656-1631 HC PAP SUREPATH DIAGNOSTIC | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center Oregon City, OR · (503) 656-1631 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN CDM | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center Oregon City, OR · (503) 656-1631 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN LAB | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center Oregon City, OR · (503) 656-1631 HC PAP-THIN PREP SCREENING | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg, OR · (503) 537-1555 HC PAP SUREPATH DIAGNOSTIC | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg, OR · (503) 537-1555 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN CDM | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg, OR · (503) 537-1555 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN LAB | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg, OR · (503) 537-1555 HC PAP-THIN PREP SCREENING | $75.00 | $100.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Clackamas, OR · (503) 652-2880 CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $103.70 | $122.00 | $31.00–$101.12 | 15% | — source file |
| Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Clackamas, OR · (503) 652-2880 "CYTOPATHOLOGY CERVICAL, VAGINAL AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MANUAL SCREEN PHYS SUPERVISION (HC) BKR" | $103.70 | $122.00 | $31.00–$101.12 | 15% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Westside Hillsboro, OR · (971) 310-0100 CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $103.70 | $122.00 | $31.00–$101.12 | 15% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Westside Hillsboro, OR · (971) 310-0100 "CYTOPATHOLOGY CERVICAL, VAGINAL AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MANUAL SCREEN PHYS SUPERVISION (HC) BKR" | $103.70 | $122.00 | $31.00–$101.12 | 15% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $28.60, median $75.00, highest $103.70 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $75.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 2 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 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.
15 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 88142 ($75.65). 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.
| Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Vancouver, WAHC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP | $3.18 | file |
| Legacy Good Samaritan 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 Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORHC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP | $3.18 | file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, 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 Meridian Park Medical Center Tualatin, ORHC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP | $3.18 | file |
| Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center Tualatin, ORCHG CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $3.28 | file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORCHG CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $3.28 | file |
| Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Vancouver, WACHG CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $3.28 | file |
| Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Gresham, ORCHG CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $3.28 | file |
| Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, ORCHG CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $3.28 | file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORCHG CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $3.28 | file |
| Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, ORCHG CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $3.28 | file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORCHG CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $3.28 | file |