Pap smear cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 10 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review): from $53.60 to $436.00, with a median of $109.16. The lowest listed price is at Texas Children's Hospital - Austin — $55.56 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $75.80 at 134 hospitals.
- The median here, $109.16, is 32% above the US median of $83.00.
- That is 4.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($26.61).
- Austin, TX ranks 3rd of 3 metro areas in Texas by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 8 cities for code 88175, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Oct 30, 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin lowest Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC THINPREP PAP HPV MRNA E6/E7 CTNG RFLX HPV 16,18/45; CYTOPATH, CERV/VAG, PRESERV FLUID, AUTOMATED+1 more line at this price File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $53.60 | $80.00 | $21.60–$76.00 | 33% |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC THINPREP PAP CTNG RFLX HPV MRNA E6/E7; CYTOPATH, CERV/VAG, PRESERV FLUID, AUTO THIN LAYER PREP File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $60.97 | $91.00 | $24.57–$86.45 | 33% |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC THINPREP PAP HPV DNA RFLX HPV 16,18; CYTOPATH, CERV/VAG, PRESER FLUID; BY INSTRU & REVIEW BY TECH File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $72.36 | $108.00 | $26.61–$102.60 | 33% |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC THINPREP PAP HPV MRNA E6/E7 RFLX HPV 16,18/45; CYTOPATH, CERV/VAG, PRESERV FLUID, AUTO THIN PREP File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $75.04 | $112.00 | $26.61–$106.40 | 33% |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $109.16 | $181.93 | $27.94–$118.25 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $109.16 | $181.93 | $22.35–$167.91 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $109.16 | $181.93 | $22.35–$167.91 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $109.16 | $181.93 | $22.35–$167.91 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $109.16 | $181.93 | $22.35–$167.91 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $109.16 | $181.93 | $22.35–$167.91 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID File of Oct 30, 2026 · source file | $113.53 | $189.21 | $35.95–$175.36 | 40% |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC THINPREP PAP; CYTOPATHOLOGY, CERVICAL/VAGINAL, PRESERVATIVE FLUID, AUTOMATED THIN LAYER PREP File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $121.94 | $182.00 | $26.61–$172.90 | 33% |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC THINPREP PAP RFLX HPV MRNA E6/E7; CYTOPATH, CERVICAL/VAGINAL, PRESERV FLUID, AUTO THIN LAYER PREP File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $123.28 | $184.00 | $26.61–$174.80 | 33% |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC THINPREP PAP HPV MRNA E6/E7; CYTOPATH, CERVICAL/VAGINAL, PRESERV FLUID, AUTOMATED THIN LAYER PREP File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $139.36 | $208.00 | $26.61–$197.60 | 33% |
| Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 528-7000 PAP DIAG AUTO MAN RS+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $375.88 | $1,044.10 | $22.35–$469.84 | 64% |
| St. David's Medical Center Manor, TX · (512) 476-7111 Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation; with screening by automated system and manual rescreening or review, under +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $436.00 | $436.00 | $22.80–$293.86 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $53.60, median $109.16, highest $436.00 — a 8.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $109.16. 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 9 of 10 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.
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