Pap smear (lab reading) cost in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, 12 hospitals publish a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $82.20 to $255.10, with a median of $107.33. The lowest price is at Monadnock Community Hospital (Peterborough). The highest price is 3.1× the lowest.
- The median here, $107.33, is 51% above the US median of $70.94.
- That is 5.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($20.26).
- New Hampshire ranks 42nd of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 3 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 88142. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 23, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$82.20Monadnock Community Hospital
Median$107.33half of hospitals charge less
Highest$255.10in New Hampshire
Lowest saves$25.13vs the median
Hospitals in New Hampshire, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough · Manchester-Nashua, NH 88142 *CYTO GYN | $82.20 | $137.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester · Manchester-Nashua, NH Hc Cytp Cerv/Vag Auto Thin Layer Prep Mnl Screen | $88.06 | $238.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Southern NH Medical Center Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $89.91 | $243.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT DX GYN LBP MAN SCREEN | $90.88 | $297.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $98.67 | $253.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Hospital Claremont · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $101.20 | $184.00 | Jun 6, 2026 source file |
| Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT 88142 AP Cyto Gyn Thin Prep Dx | $113.46 | $183.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Huggins Hospital Wolfeboro · Wolfeboro, NH PAP TEST; MANUAL SCREENING | $114.00 | $228.00 | May 28, 2026 source file |
| Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $161.82 | $279.00 | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Parkland Medical Center Derry · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH PAPDX TCSC NORSC TH | $241.00 | $241.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Plaistow Fser Plaistow · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation; manual screening under physician supervision | $241.00 | $241.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| The Memorial Hospital North Conway · North Conway, NH HC CYTOPATH CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN | $255.10 | $255.10 | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 4 | $90.88 | $107.33 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 4 | $82.20 | $88.98 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 2 | $241.00 | $241.00 |
| North Conway, NH | 1 | $255.10 | $255.10 |
| Wolfeboro, NH | 1 | $114.00 | $114.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What Pap smear (lab reading) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Pap smear (lab reading) explained.
Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening in other states
- Alabama$40.99
- Alaska$106.47
- Arizona$26.87
- Arkansas$48.50
- California$91.00
- Colorado$152.85
- Connecticut$100.10
- Delaware$124.10
- District of Columbia$156.53, 3 hospitals
- Florida$51.60
- Georgia$51.00
- Hawaii$78.75
- Idaho$90.25
- Illinois$112.50
- Indiana$69.76
- Iowa$64.70
- Kansas$87.35
- Kentucky$60.60
- Louisiana$29.76
- Maine$74.40
- Maryland$107.79
- Massachusetts$91.93
- Michigan$77.79
- Minnesota$77.45
- Mississippi$30.38
- Missouri$73.08
- Montana$62.18
- Nebraska$65.33
- Nevada$21.25
- New Jersey$23.30
- New Mexico$74.35
- New York$70.20
- North Carolina$61.25
- North Dakota$102.80
- Ohio$91.00
- Oklahoma$70.20
- Oregon$80.00
- Pennsylvania$61.20
- Puerto Rico$595.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$120.00
- South Carolina$120.75
- South Dakota$69.60
- Tennessee$35.40
- Texas$87.01
- Utah$134.15
- Vermont$134.00
- Virginia$67.78
- Washington$83.20
- West Virginia$50.00
- Wisconsin$90.00
- Wyoming$70.09
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.