Pap smear (lab reading) cost in West Virginia
In West Virginia, 29 hospitals publish a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $8.50 to $189.00, with a median of $50.00. The lowest price is at Williamson Memorial (Williamson). The highest price is 22.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $50.00, is 30% below the US median of $70.94.
- That is 2.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($20.26).
- West Virginia ranks 9th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 3 of 29 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 Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$8.50Williamson Memorial
Median$50.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$189.00in West Virginia
Lowest saves$41.50vs the median
Hospitals in West Virginia, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson Memorial lowest Williamson · Williamson, WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $8.50 | $17.00 | Mar 12, 2026 source file |
| Boone Memorial Hospital Madison · Charleston, WV CYTOLOGY PAP SMEAR LIQUID BASED PRO F RL | $25.50 | $51.00 | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
| Weirton Medical Center Weirton · Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH PAP TEST; MANUAL SCREENING | $32.50 | $65.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi · Philippi, WV CYTOPATH, PAP W/PHYS INTERP | $43.78 | $62.54 | Jul 31, 2026 source file |
| Rivers Health Point Pleasant · Point Pleasant, WV THIN PREP PAP W/ REFLEX HPV | $49.85 | $155.79 | Nov 22, 2025 source file |
| Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg · Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway · Gassaway, WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 11, 2026 source file |
| Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Parkersburg · Parkersburg-Vienna, WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Jackson General Hospital Ripley · Ripley, WV PAP TEST; MANUAL SCREENING | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 11, 2026 source file |
| Potomac Valley Hospital of WV Keyser · Cumberland, MD-WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Princeton Community Hospital Assn Princeton · Bluefield, WV-VA PAP TEST; MANUAL SCREENING | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale · Wheeling, WV-OH CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville · Summersville, WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Thomas Memorial Hospital South Charleston · Charleston, WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| United Hospital Center Bridgeport · Clarksburg, WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown · Morgantown, WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville · New Martinsville, WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Wheeling Hospital Wheeling · Wheeling, WV-OH CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.00 | $100.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson Medical Center Ranson · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $50.50 | $101.00 | Jul 12, 2026 source file |
| Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital White Hall · Fairmont, WV Pathology Billing Gyn Cyto Diagnostic Thin Prep | $60.14 | $120.27 | Apr 21, 2026 source file |
| Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown · Morgantown, WV Pathology Billing Gyn Cytology Thin Prep | $60.14 | $120.27 | Apr 10, 2026 source file |
| Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center Grantsville · Grantsville, WV PAP TEST,HR/ASCUS REF/HPV (192047) | $65.00 | $65.00 | Nov 12, 2025 source file |
| Stonewall Jackson Hospital Weston · Weston, WV Bill 88142 | $67.53 | $135.06 | May 19, 2026 source file |
| Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood · Morgantown, WV PAP/ NO REFLEX TO HPV | $69.63 | $139.25 | May 21, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon Buckhannon · Buckhannon, WV PAP TEST; MANUAL SCREENING | $74.00 | $148.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg · Petersburg, WV CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER | $80.00 | $100.00 | Jul 12, 2026 source file |
| Beckley Arh Hospital Beckley · Beckley, WV PAP SMEAR THIN LAYER | $118.20 | $197.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Mary’s Medical Center Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 88142 AP Bill Gyn Cyto Thin Prep w/o Pathologist in | $171.04 | $171.04 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St Marys Medical Center Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH PAP SMEAR THIN PREP | $189.00 | $189.00 | Apr 1, 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgantown, WV | 3 | $50.00 | $60.14 |
| Charleston, WV | 2 | $25.50 | $37.75 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 2 | $171.04 | $180.02 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 2 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Buckhannon, WV | 1 | $74.00 | $74.00 |
| Beckley, WV | 1 | $118.20 | $118.20 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 1 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Clarksburg, WV | 1 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 1 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Fairmont, WV | 1 | $60.14 | $60.14 |
| Gassaway, WV | 1 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Grantsville, WV | 1 | $65.00 | $65.00 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 1 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| New Martinsville, WV | 1 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Petersburg, WV | 1 | $80.00 | $80.00 |
| Philippi, WV | 1 | $43.78 | $43.78 |
| Point Pleasant, WV | 1 | $49.85 | $49.85 |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 1 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Ripley, WV | 1 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Summersville, WV | 1 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Weston, WV | 1 | $67.53 | $67.53 |
| Williamson, WV | 1 | $8.50 | $8.50 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 1 | $50.50 | $50.50 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 1 | $32.50 | $32.50 |
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 Hampshire$107.33
- 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
- Wisconsin$90.00
- Wyoming$70.09
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.