Pap smear (cervical screening) cost in New York

Prices at 102 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $64 — 22% below the US median ($82), roughly 3.2× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Westfield Memorial Hospital, Inc Westfield, NY $13 $22 — 120 min —
St Joseph's Medical Center Yonkers, NY $20 $20 ★ 1/5 201 min —
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Bronx, NY $20 $57 ★ 2/5 234 min —
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY $20 $80 ★ 2/5 220 min —
Elmhurst Hospital Center Elmhurst, NY $20 $55 ★ 2/5 278 min —
Bronx VA Medical Center Bronx, NY $20 $52 ★ 4/5 — —
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn, NY $20 $76 ★ 2/5 160 min —
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York, NY $20 $53 ★ 3/5 171 min —
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY $20 $74 ★ 1/5 261 min —
Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY $20 $73 ★ 2/5 181 min —
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica, NY $20 $69 ★ 2/5 245 min —
Harlem Hospital Center New York, NY $20 $69 ★ 2/5 144 min —
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Brooklyn, NY $20 $53 ★ 2/5 198 min —
NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY $24 $58 ★ 5/5 203 min —
Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY $28 $22 ★ 2/5 190 min —
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Penn Yan, NY $28 $27 — 113 min —
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY $34 $23 ★ 1/5 229 min —
Community Memorial Hospital, Inc Hamilton, NY $35 $26 ★ 4/5 155 min —
Bronxcare Hospital Center Bronx, NY $45 $31 ★ 1/5 186 min —
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta, NY $52 $26 ★ 3/5 132 min —
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, NY $52 $27 ★ 2/5 199 min —
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $52 $81 — 95 min —
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $52 $45 ★ 2/5 109 min —
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $52 $76 ★ 4/5 111 min —
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica, NY $61 $22 ★ 1/5 227 min —

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated October 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$113
Cash / self-pay
$64
Insurer-negotiated
$27
Medicare pays
$20
$20$188
Median cash $64  ·  Medicare $20  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $64 — about 3.2× the Medicare rate ($20). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($41).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $113 list price could save about $48 (43%).

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