Lab tests CPT 88175 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pap smear cost in New York, NY — inpatient

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 12 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review) as an inpatient: from $26.61 to $188.00, with a median of $62.72. The lowest listed price is at Hmh Hospitals — $36.11 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $54.00 at 42 hospitals.

Cash prices at 12 facilities across 11 cities for code 88175, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 and Feb 2, 2026.

Lowest$26.61Hmh Hospitals
Median$62.72half pay less
Highest$188.00in this market
Difference7.1×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

median
Lowest $26.61Highest $188.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hmh Hospitals lowest Neptune City, NJ PAP LIQUID-BASED $26.61 $305.00 $50.63–$305.00 91% Dec 31, 2025
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Hmh Hospitals lowest Neptune City, NJ THIN PREP PAP BY IMAGING $26.61 $433.00 $71.88–$433.00 94% Dec 31, 2025
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Hmh Hospitals lowest Neptune City, NJ CYTYC PAP & RVW QST $26.61 $305.00 $50.63–$305.00 91% Dec 31, 2025
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Hmh Hospitals lowest Neptune City, NJ CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS $26.61 $305.00 $50.63–$305.00 91% Dec 31, 2025
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Hmh Hospitals lowest Neptune City, NJ PAP REFLEX TO HPV DNA GENOTYPE 16 18 ASC-US $26.61 $131.00 $21.75–$131.00 80% Dec 31, 2025
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Hmh Hospitals lowest Neptune City, NJ PAP RFL HPV DNA ASCUS $26.61 $305.00 $50.63–$305.00 91% Dec 31, 2025
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Hmh Hospitals lowest Neptune City, NJ PAP RFLX HPV ASC-US OR > $26.61 $305.00 $50.63–$305.00 91% Dec 31, 2025
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NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO $31.93 $233.59 $23.95–$271.16 86% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone Mineola, NY HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO $31.93 $233.59 $23.95–$271.16 86% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue, NY · (631) 654-7100 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO $31.93 $233.59 $23.95–$271.16 86% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone Brooklyn, NY HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO $31.93 $233.59 $23.95–$271.16 86% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO $31.93 $233.59 $23.95–$271.16 86% Jan 1, 2026
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Englewood Health Englewood, NJ · (201) 894-3000 Thin Prep (Pap Liquid Base) &Hpv *X*88175 $54.80 $548.00 $42.85–$438.40 90% Feb 2, 2026
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Englewood Health Englewood, NJ · (201) 894-3000 Thin Prep (Pap Liquid Base) Only 88175 $54.80 $548.00 $42.85–$438.40 90% Feb 2, 2026
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Englewood Health Englewood, NJ · (201) 894-3000 Pap With Additional Testing $54.80 $548.00 $42.85–$438.40 90% Feb 2, 2026
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Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo $70.63 $100.90 — 30% Oct 28, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Cytp C/V Auto Thin Lyr Prepj Scr Mnl Rescr Phys $180.00 $180.00 $31.93–$162.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Cytp C/V Auto Thin Lyr Prepj Scr Mnl Rescr Phys $180.00 $180.00 $88.21–$162.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Cytp C/V Auto Thin Lyr Prepj Scr Mnl Rescr Phys $180.00 $180.00 $31.93–$162.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Cytp C/V Auto Thin Lyr Prepj Scr Mnl Rescr Phys $180.00 $180.00 $88.21–$162.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ · (973) 831-5000 Cytop Fld Athin Prep Auto Scrn&Manu Rescrn $188.00 $188.00 — — —
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Inpatient: lowest $26.61, median $62.72, highest $188.00 — a 7.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 34 facilities here, median $26.61 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 6 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 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 it is

A Pap test checks cells from the cervix for changes that could lead to cancer. This code is the liquid-based Pap read by an automated system with review by a lab specialist.

What the price covers

The price covers the lab exam of the sample. Collecting it is part of the visit, which is billed separately.