Pap smear cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 20 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review): from $9.44 to $132.30, with a median of $100.36. The lowest listed price is at Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center — $90.92 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $82.00 at 92 hospitals.
- The median here, $100.36, is 21% above the US median of $83.00.
- That is 3.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($26.61).
- Los Angeles, CA ranks 4th of 4 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 5 of 20 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 20 facilities across 16 cities for code 88175, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 4, 2026 and Sep 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center lowest Glendale, CA · (818) 502-1900 RL-PI-PAP W HPV 30+ 622 File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $9.44 | $30.00 | $7.50–$117.50 | 69% |
| St Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA · (562) 491-9000 RL-PI-PAP W HPV 30+ 622 File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $12.98 | $30.00 | $7.50–$117.50 | 57% |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $26.00 | $53.22 | $4.70–$53.22 | 51% |
| Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center Garden Grove, CA · (714) 537-5160 Hc Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $26.00 | $53.22 | $4.70–$53.22 | 51% |
| West Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim, CA · (714) 827-3000 Hc Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $26.00 | $53.22 | $4.70–$53.22 | 51% |
| St Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA · (562) 491-9000 CYTO THIN PREP AUTO MAN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $27.69 | $64.00 | $16.00–$117.50 | 57% |
| Anaheim Global Medical Center Anaheim, CA · (714) 533-6220 C CYTOPATH CERV OR VAG File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $34.00 | $34.00 | $10.20–$101.39 | — |
| Orange County Global Medical Center Santa Ana, CA · (714) 953-3500 C CYTOPATH CERV OR VAG File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $34.00 | $34.00 | $10.20–$101.39 | — |
| Chapman Global Medical Center Orange, CA · (714) 633-0011 C CYTOPATH CERV OR VAG File of May 6, 2026 · source file | $34.00 | $34.00 | $10.20–$101.39 | — |
| Catalina Island Medical Center Avalon, CA · (310) 510-0700 Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening File of Jul 20, 2026 · source file | $69.60 | $99.43 | $25.28–$99.43 | 30% |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center Glendale, CA · (818) 502-1900 CYTO THIN PREP AUTO MAN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $85.27 | $271.00 | $22.62–$271.00 | 69% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $100.36 | $193.00 | $22.00–$65.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $100.36 | $193.00 | $22.00–$65.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $100.36 | $193.00 | $22.00–$65.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $100.36 | $193.00 | $22.00–$65.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Irvine Irvine, CA · (714) 279-4000 CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $100.36 | $193.00 | $22.00–$65.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $100.36 | $193.00 | $22.00–$65.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $100.36 | $193.00 | $22.00–$65.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $100.36 | $193.00 | $22.00–$65.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $100.36 | $193.00 | $22.00–$65.00 | 48% |
| Memorial Hospital of Gardena Gardena, CA · (310) 532-4200 CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO File of Feb 4, 2026 · source file | $132.30 | $132.30 | $11.18–$105.84 | — |
| East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Los Angeles, CA · (323) 268-5514 CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO File of Feb 4, 2026 · source file | $132.30 | $132.30 | $11.18–$105.84 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $9.44, median $100.36, highest $132.30 — a 14.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $100.36. 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 20 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.