Pap smear (lab reading) cost in New York

In New York, 95 hospitals publish a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $20.26 to $483.00, with a median of $70.20. The lowest price is at Bellevue Hospital Center (New York) and 11 other hospitals. The highest price is 23.8× the lowest.

• The median here, $70.20, is about the same as the US median of $70.94.
• That is 3.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($20.26).
• New York ranks 22nd of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
• 28 of 95 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

New York law (Public Health Law §2807-k(9-a), as amended in October 2024): uninsured patients with income below 200% of the federal poverty level owe nothing for emergency and medically necessary hospital care; up to 400% they pay on a sliding scale of at most 10% or 20% of what Medicaid would pay. Emergency care is covered for New York residents, other care for people living in the hospital's service area; immigration status does not count. Ask for the Uniform Hospital Financial Assistance form. Other states' laws.

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 Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map