Pap smear cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review): from $9.88 to $100.36, with a median of $92.58. The lowest listed price is at St Bernardine Medical Center — $82.70 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $82.00 at 92 hospitals.
- The median here, $92.58, is 12% above the US median of $83.00.
- That is 3.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($26.61).
- Riverside, CA ranks 3rd of 4 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 2 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 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 25, 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Bernardine Medical Center lowest San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 RL-PI-PAP W HPV 30+ 622 File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $9.88 | $30.00 | $7.50–$117.50 | 67% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 RL-PI-PAP W HPV 30+ 622 File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $11.67 | $30.00 | $7.50–$117.50 | 61% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA · (760) 340-3911 HC 199350 - Pap (88175)+6 more lines at this price File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $13.11 | $66.53 | $23.50–$606.59 | 80% |
| Barstow Community Hospital Barstow, CA · (760) 256-1761 Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening File of Sep 17, 2026 · source file | $26.20 | $43.66 | $11.62–$38.77 | 40% |
| San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO - LAB CYTOPAT,CER/VAG,THIN LAYER,INTER+1 more line at this price File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $85.15 | $85.15 | $23.50–$61.73 | — |
| St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 CYTO THIN PREP AUTO MAN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $88.22 | $268.00 | $23.15–$268.00 | 67% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Qu Cytyc Pap & Rvw+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $100.00 | $100.00 | $4.70–$100.00 | — |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 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 - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 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 - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 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 - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 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% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 CYTO THIN PREP AUTO MAN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $105.77 | $272.00 | $23.50–$272.00 | 61% |
Outpatient: lowest $9.88, median $92.58, highest $100.36 — a 10.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $100.18. 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 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 Pap smear is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Pap smear explained.