Pap smear cost in Mississippi
In Mississippi, 27 hospitals publish a cash price for Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review): from $21.32 to $650.40, with a median of $33.00. The lowest price is at Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo (Yazoo City). The highest price is 30.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $33.00, is 60% below the US median of $83.00.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($26.61).
- Mississippi ranks 2nd of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
- 3 of 27 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 88175. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 30, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$21.32Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo
Median$33.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$650.40in Mississippi
Lowest saves$11.68vs the median
Hospitals in Mississippi, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo lowest Yazoo City · Jackson, MS CYTOLOGY THIN PREP IMAGING | $21.32 | $52.00 | Feb 17, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center-Attala Kosciusko · Kosciusko, MS CYTOLOGY THIN PREP IMAGING | $22.88 | $52.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital - Leake Carthage · Carthage, MS CYTOLOGY THIN PREP IMAGING | $23.40 | $52.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven · Memphis, TN-MS-AR 88175-CP PAP TLP AUTO/MAN | $24.20 | $121.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Clay County Medical West Point · West Point, MS HC PAP IG (IMAGE GUIDED) LCA | $25.37 | $59.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Medical Center Tupelo · Tupelo, MS HC PAP IG (IMAGE GUIDED) LCA | $25.37 | $59.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Amory Amory · Amory, MS HC PAP IG (IMAGE GUIDED) LCA | $25.37 | $59.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pontotoc Health Service INC Cah Pontotoc · Pontotoc, MS HC PAP IG (IMAGE GUIDED) LCA | $25.37 | $59.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tishomingo Health Services Iuka · Iuka, MS HC PAP IG (IMAGE GUIDED) LCA | $25.37 | $59.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed Eupora · Starkville, MS HC PAP IG (IMAGE GUIDED) LCA | $25.37 | $59.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi Oxford · Oxford, MS 88175-CP PAP TLP AUTO/MAN | $27.83 | $121.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Crossgates River Oaks Hospital Brandon · Jackson, MS 88175 L199330 PAP AU MN RS | $29.40 | $196.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Columbus · Columbus, MS 88175-CP PAP TLP AUTO/MAN | $30.25 | $121.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| North Sunflower Medical Center Ruleville · Ruleville, MS Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $33.00 | $66.00 | Oct 19, 2026 source file |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson · Jackson, MS CYTOLOGY THIN PREP IMAGING | $34.02 | $162.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood · Jackson, MS PapIG rfx Aptima HPV ASCU (LC) | $34.38 | $191.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock Bay St. Louis · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS HC PAP SMEAR, THIN PREP IMAGER DX | $38.00 | $100.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UMMC Madison Canton · Jackson, MS 88175 PAP TEST | $40.00 | $100.00 | Sep 21, 2026 source file |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson · Jackson, MS 88175 PAP TEST | $40.00 | $100.00 | Sep 8, 2026 source file |
| South central regional medical center Laurel · Laurel, MS HC Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo - Lab Cytopat,Cer/Vag,Thin Layer,Inter | $52.00 | $52.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| Choctaw Regional Medical Center Ackerman · Ackerman, MS THIN PREP WITH REFLEX HPV | $70.56 | $100.80 | Oct 12, 2026 source file |
| Singing River Gulfport Gulfport · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $76.40 | $382.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| S E Lackey Memorial Hospital Forest · Jackson, MS Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $96.00 | $96.00 | May 27, 2026 source file |
| Monroe Regional Hospital Aberdeen · Aberdeen, MS CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $106.50 | $106.50 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Ocean Springs Hospital Ocean Springs · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $107.10 | $357.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $107.10 | $357.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Tallahatchie General Hospital Charleston · Charleston, MS THIN PREP PAP SMEAR W/GC, CHL, TRICH | $650.40 | $813.00 | Mar 12, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson, MS | 7 | $21.32 | $34.38 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 4 | $38.00 | $91.75 |
| Aberdeen, MS | 1 | $106.50 | $106.50 |
| Ackerman, MS | 1 | $70.56 | $70.56 |
| Amory, MS | 1 | $25.37 | $25.37 |
| Carthage, MS | 1 | $23.40 | $23.40 |
| Charleston, MS | 1 | $650.40 | $650.40 |
| Columbus, MS | 1 | $30.25 | $30.25 |
| Iuka, MS | 1 | $25.37 | $25.37 |
| Kosciusko, MS | 1 | $22.88 | $22.88 |
| Laurel, MS | 1 | $52.00 | $52.00 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1 | $24.20 | $24.20 |
| Oxford, MS | 1 | $27.83 | $27.83 |
| Pontotoc, MS | 1 | $25.37 | $25.37 |
| Ruleville, MS | 1 | $33.00 | $33.00 |
| Starkville, MS | 1 | $25.37 | $25.37 |
| Tupelo, MS | 1 | $25.37 | $25.37 |
| West Point, MS | 1 | $25.37 | $25.37 |
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 is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Pap smear explained.
Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review) in other states
- Alabama$35.70
- Alaska$99.30
- Arizona$39.92
- Arkansas$42.25
- California$82.00
- Colorado$177.08
- Connecticut$128.46
- Delaware$213.20, 4 hospitals
- Florida$40.95
- Georgia$46.80
- Hawaii$196.00
- Idaho$102.88
- Illinois$132.48
- Indiana$83.00
- Iowa$79.32
- Kansas$80.15
- Kentucky$48.00
- Louisiana$43.47
- Maine$64.73
- Maryland$70.10
- Massachusetts$106.00
- Michigan$74.22
- Minnesota$85.05
- Missouri$74.19
- Montana$79.45
- Nebraska$86.00
- Nevada$29.40, 3 hospitals
- New Hampshire$119.69
- New Jersey$29.27
- New Mexico$93.30
- New York$68.00
- North Carolina$77.32
- North Dakota$114.75
- Ohio$97.50
- Oklahoma$67.60
- Oregon$90.75
- Pennsylvania$81.81
- Puerto Rico$758.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$120.00
- South Carolina$81.47
- South Dakota$103.20
- Tennessee$38.47
- Texas$75.80
- Utah$130.63
- Vermont$97.02
- Virginia$98.00
- Washington$91.25
- West Virginia$82.00
- Wisconsin$105.28
- Wyoming$100.41
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.