Pap smear cost in New Mexico
In New Mexico, 11 hospitals publish a cash price for Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review): from $14.10 to $196.94, with a median of $93.30. The lowest price is at Carlsbad Medical Center (Carlsbad). The highest price is 14.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $93.30, is 12% above the US median of $83.00.
- That is 3.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($26.61).
- New Mexico ranks 31st of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
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 31, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$14.10Carlsbad Medical Center
Median$93.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$196.94in New Mexico
Lowest saves$79.20vs the median
Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsbad Medical Center lowest Carlsbad · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM PAP DIAG AUTO MAN RS | $14.10 | $141.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell Roswell · Roswell, NM Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $33.90 | $113.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM PAP TEST; AUTOMATED THIN LAYER PREPARATION; AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND MANUAL RESCREENING | $40.26 | $73.20 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Sierra Vista Hospital Truth Or Consequences · Truth Or Consequences, NM HYDROXYPROGESTERONE 17 HYDROXYPROGESTERONE TC | $84.00 | $112.00 | Mar 29, 2026 source file |
| Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos · Taos, NM .CHARGE PAP IG | $84.80 | $106.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $93.30 | $311.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Pap test, automated thin layer preparation; automated system and manual rescreening | $93.30 | $311.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM PAP DIAG AUTO MAN RS | $94.59 | $189.19 | Apr 16, 2026 source file |
| Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup · Gallup, NM 88175 Ap Bill Gyn Cytology Automatic & Manual Screen | $99.00 | $331.00 | — source file |
| Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation; with screening by automated system and manual rescreening or review, under physician supervision | $176.88 | $294.80 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Cibola General Hospital Grants · Grants, NM HERPES VIRUS 1 AND 2 BY PCR TC | $196.94 | $246.17 | Mar 11, 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.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque, NM | 4 | $40.26 | $93.30 |
| Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 1 | $14.10 | $14.10 |
| Grants, NM | 1 | $196.94 | $196.94 |
| Gallup, NM | 1 | $99.00 | $99.00 |
| Las Vegas, NM | 1 | $94.59 | $94.59 |
| Roswell, NM | 1 | $33.90 | $33.90 |
| Truth Or Consequences, NM | 1 | $84.00 | $84.00 |
| Taos, NM | 1 | $84.80 | $84.80 |
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
- Montana$79.45
- Nebraska$86.00
- Nevada$29.40, 3 hospitals
- New Hampshire$119.69
- New Jersey$29.27
- 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.