Pap smear cost in Montana
In Montana, 16 hospitals publish a cash price for Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review): from $29.44 to $261.90, with a median of $79.45. The lowest price is at Great Falls Clinic Hospital (Great Falls). The highest price is 8.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $79.45, is 4% below the US median of $83.00.
- That is 3.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($26.61).
- Montana ranks 20th of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
- 3 of 16 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 Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$29.44Great Falls Clinic Hospital
Median$79.45half of hospitals charge less
Highest$261.90in Montana
Lowest saves$50.01vs the median
Hospitals in Montana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Falls Clinic Hospital lowest Great Falls · Great Falls, MT CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $29.44 | $29.44 | Feb 18, 2026 source file |
| St. Patrick Hospital Missoula · Missoula, MT HC CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS LAB | $48.00 | $60.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Big Sandy Medical Center Big Sandy · Big Sandy, MT Cyto Thin Lyr Scr | $50.00 | $63.00 | — source file |
| Billings Clinic Broadwater Townsend · Helena, MT Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $56.00 | $56.00 | Dec 11, 2025 source file |
| Stillwater Billings Clinic Columbus · Billings, MT Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $56.00 | $56.00 | Dec 19, 2025 source file |
| Community Hospital of Anaconda Anaconda · Anaconda, MT Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $62.18 | $82.90 | Nov 9, 2026 source file |
| Big Sky Medical Center Big Sky · Bozeman, MT CHG CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS | $64.80 | $81.00 | Jan 15, 2026 source file |
| Deaconess Regional Medical Center Bozeman · Bozeman, MT CHG CYTP C/V AUTO THIN LYR PREPJ SCR MNL RESCR PHYS | $64.80 | $81.00 | Jan 16, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish · Kalispell, MT CYTO-PAP/LB IMAGED/ROUT 88175 | $94.09 | $144.75 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Poplar Community Hospital Poplar · Poplar, MT Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $104.63 | $139.50 | Aug 3, 2026 source file |
| Trinity Hospital Wolf Point · Wolf Point, MT Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $104.63 | $139.50 | Aug 3, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell · Kalispell, MT CYTO-PAP/LB IMAGED/ROUT 88175 | $110.01 | $169.25 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Peter's Health Helena · Helena, MT LABORATORY PATHOLOGICAL - CYTOLOGY | $124.89 | $146.93 | Mar 16, 2026 source file |
| Mountainview Medical Center White Sulphur Springs · White Sulphur Springs, MT PAP LB AUTO + MANUAL SCREEN | $154.50 | $193.12 | Jul 13, 2026 source file |
| Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital Glasgow · Glasgow, MT Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $184.50 | $205.00 | Aug 27, 2026 source file |
| Granite County Medical Center Philipsburg · Philipsburg, MT Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $261.90 | $291.00 | Sep 9, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bozeman, MT | 2 | $64.80 | $64.80 |
| Helena, MT | 2 | $56.00 | $90.44 |
| Kalispell, MT | 2 | $94.09 | $102.05 |
| Anaconda, MT | 1 | $62.18 | $62.18 |
| Big Sandy, MT | 1 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Billings, MT | 1 | $56.00 | $56.00 |
| Glasgow, MT | 1 | $184.50 | $184.50 |
| Great Falls, MT | 1 | $29.44 | $29.44 |
| Missoula, MT | 1 | $48.00 | $48.00 |
| Philipsburg, MT | 1 | $261.90 | $261.90 |
| Poplar, MT | 1 | $104.63 | $104.63 |
| White Sulphur Springs, MT | 1 | $154.50 | $154.50 |
| Wolf Point, MT | 1 | $104.63 | $104.63 |
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
- Mississippi$33.00
- Missouri$74.19
- 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.