Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Salem, OR
In Salem, OR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $27.30 to $39.75, with a median of $39.75. The lowest listed price is at Legacy Silverton Medical Center — $12.45 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $77.50 at 24 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 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 Salem, OR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Silverton Medical Center lowest Silverton, OR · (503) 873-1500 HC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP | $27.30 | $42.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| West Valley Hospital Dallas, OR · (503) 623-8301 HCHRG CYTOPATHOLOGY THIN LAYER PAP CERVICAL/VAGINAL PREP AND MANUAL | $39.75 | $75.00 | — | 47% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| West Valley Hospital Dallas, OR · (503) 623-8301 HCHRG CYTOPATHOLOGY THIN LAYER PAP CERVICAL/VAGINAL PREP AND MANUAL | $39.75 | $75.00 | — | 47% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Hospital Salem, OR · (503) 561-5200 HCHRG CYTOPATHOLOGY THIN LAYER PAP CERVICAL/VAGINAL PREP AND MANUAL | $39.75 | $75.00 | — | 47% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Hospital Salem, OR · (503) 561-5200 HCHRG CYTOPATHOLOGY THIN LAYER PAP CERVICAL/VAGINAL PREP AND MANUAL | $39.75 | $75.00 | — | 47% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $27.30, median $39.75, highest $39.75 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $39.75. 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 88142 ($75.60). 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.
| Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton, ORHC VC CYTOLOGY PAP -THIN PREP | $3.18 | file |
| Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton, ORCHG CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $3.28 | file |