Pap smear cost in Detroit, MI
In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 23 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review): from $30.80 to $109.50, with a median of $56.00. The lowest listed price is at Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital - Novi Campus and 1 other hospital — $25.20 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $74.22 at 74 hospitals.
- The median here, $56.00, is 33% below the US median of $83.00.
- That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($26.61).
- Detroit, MI has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Michigan with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 8 of 23 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 23 facilities across 19 cities for code 88175, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Jun 28, 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital - Novi Campus lowest Novi, MI · (248) 849-3000 CYTOPATH THIN PREP IMAGED DX+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $19.32–$47.37 | 44% |
| Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital lowest Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 CYTOPATH THIN PREP IMAGED DX+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $19.32–$47.37 | 44% |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 916-2600 HB LAB PAP SMEAR AUTO THIN LAYER PREP AND MAN SCREEN File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $36.72 | $155.00 | $21.71–$36.72 | 76% |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI · (248) 325-1000 HB LAB PAP SMEAR AUTO THIN LAYER PREP AND MAN SCREEN File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $36.72 | $155.00 | $13.92–$93.58 | 76% |
| Henry Ford Rochester Hospital Rochester, MI · (248) 652-5000 GYN CYTOLOGY LIQUID PREP NOT IMAG+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $43.71 | $93.00 | $31.60–$34.04 | 53% |
| St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 858-3000 HC Cytopathology Cervical/Vaginal Thin Layer Auto Screen/Manual Rescreen/Review File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $53.30 | $82.00 | $14.55–$87.37 | 35% |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI · (586) 493-8000 88175 Cyto Cerv or Vag Thin Prep Auto/Man File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $55.65 | $111.30 | $14.56–$82.11 | 50% |
| Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton, MI · (734) 671-3800 HC PAP DIAGNOSTIC AUTO+3 more lines at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $56.00 | $56.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor, MI · (313) 295-5000 Hc Pap Diagnostic Auto+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $56.00 | $56.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · (248) 964-8800 HC PAP DIAGNOSTIC AUTO+3 more lines at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $56.00 | $56.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI · (248) 898-5400 HC PAP SCREEN AUTO+1 more line at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $56.00 | $56.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe, MI · (313) 473-1000 Hc Pap Screen Auto+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $56.00 | $56.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital Farmington Hills, MI · (248) 471-8000 HC PAP SCREEN AUTO+1 more line at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $56.00 | $56.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne, MI · (734) 467-4175 Hc Pap Screen Auto+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $56.00 | $56.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn Dearborn, MI · (313) 593-7125 HC PAP SCREEN AUTO+1 more line at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $56.00 | $56.00 | — | — |
| McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 338-5000 88175 Cyto Cerv or Vag Thin Prep Auto/Man File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $60.65 | $121.30 | $14.56–$72.28 | 50% |
| Ascension River District Hospital East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 CYT CV VAG TP AUTO W RESCRN+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $62.72 | $112.00 | $26.61–$42.31 | 44% |
| Ascension River District Hospital East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 CYTO CV VAG TP DX AUTO W/RESCR+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $66.08 | $118.00 | $26.61–$42.31 | 44% |
| Henry Ford Health Warren Hospital Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 CYT CV VAG TP AUTO W RESCRN+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $72.24 | $129.00 | $26.61–$42.31 | 44% |
| Henry Ford Health Madison Heights, MI CVT CV VAG TP AUTO W/RESCRN+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $72.24 | $129.00 | $26.61–$42.00 | 44% |
| Henry Ford Health St John Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 CYTCERV VAG TP AUTO DX W/RESCR+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $72.24 | $129.00 | $21.59–$42.31 | 44% |
| McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MI · (810) 667-5500 88175 Cyto Cerv or Vag Thin Prep Auto/Man File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $89.40 | $178.80 | $14.56–$51.68 | 50% |
| VHS Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-2941 SCREENING CYTOPATHOLOGY File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $105.00 | $140.00 | — | 25% |
| VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 966-3300 SCREENING CYTOPATHOLOGY File of Apr 8, 2026 · source file | $109.50 | $146.00 | — | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $30.80, median $56.00, highest $109.50 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 19 facilities here, median $56.00. 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 6 of 13 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 is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Pap smear explained.