Pap smear cost in New York
In New York, 73 hospitals publish a cash price for Pap test (liquid-based, automated screening with review): from $20.50 to $383.00, with a median of $68.00. The lowest price is at Garnet Health Medical Center (Middletown). The highest price is 18.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $68.00, is 18% below the US median of $83.00.
- That is 2.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($26.61).
- New York ranks 13th of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
- 17 of 73 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 88175. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$20.50Garnet Health Medical Center
Median$68.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$383.00in New York
Lowest saves$47.50vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet Health Medical Center lowest Middletown · Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Hc Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo | $20.50 | $82.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PAP TEST; AUTOMATED THIN LAYER PREPARATION; AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND MANUAL RESCREENING | $25.00 | $25.00 | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton · Syracuse, NY CM 88175 IGP, CtNg, AptimaHPV_4 | $25.37 | $31.71 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATHOLOGY | $26.61 | $104.40 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Elmhurst Hospital Center Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATHOLOGY | $26.61 | $104.40 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Harlem Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATHOLOGY | $26.61 | $104.40 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATHOLOGY | $26.61 | $104.40 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATHOLOGY | $26.61 | $104.40 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATHOLOGY | $26.61 | $104.40 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATHOLOGY | $26.61 | $104.40 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| North Central Bronx Hospital Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATHOLOGY | $26.61 | $104.40 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Queens Hospital Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATHOLOGY | $26.61 | $104.40 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATHOLOGY | $26.61 | $104.40 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $26.61 | — | Jul 13, 2026 source file |
| Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATHOLOGY | $26.61 | $104.40 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $31.93 | $233.59 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $31.93 | $233.59 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $31.93 | $233.59 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone – Orthopedic Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $31.93 | $233.59 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone – Tisch Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $31.93 | $233.59 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills Harris · Monticello, NY HC CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $34.96 | $189.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Orleans Community Health Medina · Rochester, NY CYTO PREP, AUTOMATED (ANY) | $36.00 | $90.00 | Dec 12, 2024 source file |
| Wyoming County Warsaw · Warsaw, NY PAP TEST; AUTOMATED THIN LAYER PREPARATION; AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND MANUAL RESCREENING | $37.82 | $54.03 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY HB Cytp C/V Auto Thin Lyr Prepj Scr Mnl Rescr Phys | $44.00 | — | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Kenmore Mercy Hospital Kenmore · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo - Lab Cytopat,Cer/Vag,Thin Layer,Inter | $54.00 | $54.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo - Lab Cytopat,Cer/Vag,Thin Layer,Inter | $54.00 | $54.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo - Lab Cytopat,Cer/Vag,Thin Layer,Inter | $54.00 | $54.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo - Lab Cytopat,Cer/Vag,Thin Layer,Inter | $54.00 | $54.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY HB Cytp C/V Auto Thin Lyr Prepj Scr Mnl Rescr Phys | $54.00 | — | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital Mount Vernon · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CYTOPATCER VAGTHIN LAYERMAN RESINTER | $63.70 | $98.00 | Sep 28, 2026 source file |
| Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Oneonta · Oneonta, NY HC Cytopath W/Auto Sc- Routine (Cerv or Vag) | $64.38 | $238.44 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Cytopath W/Auto Sc- Routine (Cerv or Vag) | $64.38 | $238.44 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Little Falls Hospital Little Falls · Utica-Rome, NY HC Cytopath W/Auto Sc- Routine (Cerv or Vag) | $64.38 | $238.44 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Cooperstown · Oneonta, NY HC Cytopath W/Auto Sc- Routine (Cerv or Vag) | $64.38 | $238.44 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| OConnor Hospital Delhi · Delhi, NY HC Cytopath W/Auto Sc- Routine (Cerv or Vag) | $64.38 | $238.44 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY HC - THIN PREP, IMAGE ASSISTED | $65.00 | $65.00 | Sep 8, 2026 source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY HB Cytp C/V Auto Thin Lyr Prepj Scr Mnl Rescr Phys | $68.00 | — | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo | $70.63 | $100.90 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Clifton-Fine Healthcare Star Lake · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY IMAGE GUIDED PAP CHARGE | $71.27 | $71.27 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $72.85 | $85.70 | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY PAP TEST; AUTOMATED THIN LAYER PREPARATION; AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND MANUAL RESCREENING | $73.51 | $105.02 | Jun 17, 2026 source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY Cytopathology Cer/Vag Any | $77.60 | $97.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY THINPR IMAG PAP&HPV MRNA E6/E7 | $78.00 | $130.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $80.00 | $80.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo - Lab Cytopat,Cer/Vag,Thin Layer | $80.27 | $145.95 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY HC - PAP THIN PRP DX IMAGE ASSTD | $89.00 | $89.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY HC Cytopathology Cervical/Vaginal Thin Layer Auto Screen/Manual Rescreen/Review | $93.60 | $144.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY CYTO DG AUTO SCREEN PAP | $93.64 | $204.93 | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Cytopathology Cervical/Vaginal Thin Layer Auto Screen/Manual Rescreen/Review | $96.85 | $149.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Chsli St Joseph Hospital Bethpage · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $97.80 | — | Feb 19, 2026 source file |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center West Islip · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $97.80 | — | Feb 19, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Medical Center Rockville Centre · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $97.80 | — | Feb 19, 2026 source file |
| St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center Smithtown · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $97.80 | — | Feb 19, 2026 source file |
| St. Francis Hospital Roslyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $97.80 | — | Feb 19, 2026 source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo - Lab Cytopat,Cer/Vag,Thin Layer | $99.33 | $180.60 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo - Lab Cytopat,Cer/Vag,Thin Layer | $99.33 | $180.60 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo - Lab Cytopat,Cer/Vag,Thin Layer | $99.33 | $180.60 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Cytopath C/V Auto Fluid Redo - Lab Cytopat,Cer/Vag,Thin Layer | $99.33 | $180.60 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Quest 90933 Cytopathology Cervical/Vaginal Thin Layer Auto Screen/Manual Rescreen/Review | $99.45 | $153.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $101.15 | $119.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HB Cytp C/V Auto Thin Lyr Prepj Scr Mnl Rescr Phys | $108.80 | — | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HB Cytp C/V Auto Thin Lyr Prepj Scr Mnl Rescr Phys | $108.80 | — | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Brooks Memorial Hospital Dunkirk · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Thinprep Imaging Sys Pap W/Ref | $114.00 | $114.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cuba Memorial Hospital Cuba · Cuba, NY Thin Prep W/Imager Diagnostic | $114.00 | $114.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rome Memorial Hospital Rome · Utica-Rome, NY *cytopath c/v auto fluid redo | $167.13 | $414.00 | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| HealthAlliance Hospital Kingston · Kingston, NY CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $169.00 | $169.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Margaretville Memorial Hospital Margaretville · Margaretville, NY CYTOPATH C/V AUTO FLUID REDO | $169.00 | $169.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Kaleida Health Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Cyto Dg Auto Screen Pap | $215.00 | $215.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY HC - PAP THIN PRP DX IMAGE ASSTD | $239.00 | $239.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY Thin Pap Smear Screen | $306.40 | $383.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Wynn Hospital Utica · Utica-Rome, NY HC Thinprep W/Auto Screen | $375.60 | $626.00 | Aug 7, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Cyto-Gyn Auto Tp Dx, Mem | $383.00 | $383.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Cyto-Gyn Auto Tp Dx, Mem | $383.00 | $383.00 | Dec 1, 2025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 30 | $25.00 | $31.93 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 7 | $54.00 | $54.00 |
| Rochester, NY | 4 | $36.00 | $88.40 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 3 | $64.38 | $96.85 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $54.00 | $99.33 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 3 | $64.38 | $167.13 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $99.33 | $99.33 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $78.00 | $96.00 |
| Oneonta, NY | 2 | $64.38 | $64.38 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2 | $25.37 | $59.48 |
| Cuba, NY | 1 | $114.00 | $114.00 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $77.60 | $77.60 |
| Delhi, NY | 1 | $64.38 | $64.38 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $89.00 | $89.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $99.33 | $99.33 |
| Kingston, NY | 1 | $169.00 | $169.00 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 1 | $20.50 | $20.50 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $65.00 | $65.00 |
| Margaretville, NY | 1 | $169.00 | $169.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $80.27 | $80.27 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 1 | $71.27 | $71.27 |
| Monticello, NY | 1 | $34.96 | $34.96 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $239.00 | $239.00 |
| Warsaw, NY | 1 | $37.82 | $37.82 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $44.00 | $44.00 |
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 Mexico$93.30
- 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.