Pap smear cost in Virginia Beach, VA
In Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, 10 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review): from $15.50 to $155.40, with a median of $15.50. The lowest listed price is at Sentara Careplex Hospital and 5 other hospitals. Across Virginia, the median is $98.00 at 48 hospitals.
- The median here, $15.50, is 81% below the US median of $83.00.
- That is 0.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($26.61).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 88175, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 16, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 11, 2026 and Jul 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentara Careplex Hospital lowest Hampton, VA · (757) 827-2545 Chgl (Qu) 88175 Thinprep Imaging Pap And C. Trachomatis, N. Gonorrhoeae, S/O File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.50 | $31.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital lowest Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 507-1520 Chgl (Qu) 88175 Thinprep Imaging Pap And C. Trachomatis, N. Gonorrhoeae, S/O File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.50 | $31.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital lowest Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Chgl (Qu) 88175 Thinprep Imaging Pap And C. Trachomatis, N. Gonorrhoeae, S/O File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.50 | $31.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital lowest Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 395-8000 Chgl (Qu) 88175 Thinprep Imaging Pap And C. Trachomatis, N. Gonorrhoeae, S/O File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.50 | $31.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital lowest Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Chgl (Qu) 88175 Thinprep Imaging Pap And C. Trachomatis, N. Gonorrhoeae, S/O File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.50 | $31.00 | — | 50% |
| Hospital for Extended Recovery lowest Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Chgl (Qu) 88175 Thinprep Imaging Pap And C. Trachomatis, N. Gonorrhoeae, S/O File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.50 | $31.00 | — | 50% |
| Chesapeake General Hospital Chesapeake, VA · (757) 312-8121 Hc So Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $69.55 | $115.92 | — | 40% |
| Riverside Smithfield Hospital Smithfield, VA Thin Prep Pap-Automated Diag File of Mar 11, 2026 · source file | $89.54 | $179.08 | — | 50% |
| Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Portsmouth, VA · (757) 398-2200 HC So Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $155.40 | $259.00 | — | 40% |
| Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News, VA · (757) 886-6000 HC So Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $155.40 | $259.00 | — | 40% |
| Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Portsmouth, VA · (757) 398-2200 HC Cytp C/V Auto Thin Lyr Prepj Scr Mnl Rescr Phys File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $280.20 | $467.00 | — | 40% |
| Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News, VA · (757) 886-6000 HC Cytp C/V Auto Thin Lyr Prepj Scr Mnl Rescr Phys File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $280.20 | $467.00 | — | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $15.50, median $15.50, highest $155.40 — a 10.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $15.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What Pap smear is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Pap smear explained.