Pap smear cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 10 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review): from $22.00 to $283.66, with a median of $230.06. The lowest listed price is at Liberty Hospital — $208.06 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $74.19 at 42 hospitals.
- The median here, $230.06, is 177% above the US median of $83.00.
- That is 8.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($26.61).
- Kansas City, MO ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Missouri by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 9 cities for code 88175, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Sep 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 Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hospital lowest Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 CYTOPATHOLOGY File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $22.00 | $80.00 | $22.32–$65.28 | 73% |
| Providence Medical Center Kansas City, KS · (913) 596-4000 Hc Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $26.00 | $397.80 | $25.70–$367.57 | 93% |
| Saint John Hospital Leavenworth, KS · (913) 680-6000 Hc Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $26.00 | $397.80 | $15.92–$318.24 | 93% |
| NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 RF BILL CV AUTO FLUID MAWD File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $38.86 | $134.00 | $24.67–$109.61 | 71% |
| NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 PAP Digital Imaging Review File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $45.24 | $156.00 | $24.67–$127.61 | 71% |
| Centerpoint Medical Center Independence, MO · (816) 698-7000 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 | $222.76 | $222.76 | $14.36–$200.48 | — |
| Overland Park Regional Medical Center Olathe, KS · (913) 541-5000 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 | $237.36 | $237.36 | $23.95–$178.02 | — |
| Menorah Medical Center Overland Park, KS · (913) 498-6000 PAP AUTO W MAN RESCN TLP+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $243.24 | $243.24 | $14.36–$194.59 | — |
| Research Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 276-4000 PAP AUTO W MAN RESCN TLP+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $245.55 | $245.55 | $14.36–$245.55 | — |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID - PAPSM THIN LAYER,INTER DIAG NO ALT CODE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $283.66 | $283.66 | — | — |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC PAP SMEAR SCREENING IMAGED ALT CODE G0145+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $283.66 | $283.66 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $22.00, median $230.06, highest $283.66 — a 12.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $161.26. 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 4 of 8 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.