Pap smear (cervical screening) cost in Ohio

Prices at 134 hospitals in Ohio, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $100 — 22% above the US median ($82), roughly 4.9× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Coshocton Regional Medical Center Coshocton, OH $23 $27 ★ 4/5 149 min —
Summa Health System Akron, OH $25 $34 ★ 3/5 186 min —
East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OH $26 $27 ★ 3/5 132 min —
Adena Regional Medical Center Chillicothe, OH $29 $47 ★ 3/5 199 min —
Adena Fayette Medical Center Washington Ch, OH $29 $47 ★ 3/5 130 min —
Adena Pike Medical Center Waverly, OH $29 $47 — 92 min —
Ohiohealth O'bleness Hospital Athens, OH $30 $20 ★ 3/5 202 min —
Berger Hospital Circleville, OH $32 $34 ★ 3/5 201 min —
Ashtabula County Medical Center Ashtabula, OH $35 $21 ★ 3/5 194 min —
Ohiohealth Mansfield Hospital Mansfield, OH $40 $21 ★ 3/5 130 min —
Ohiohealth Shelby Hospital Shelby, OH $40 — ★ 4/5 — —
Marion General Hospital Marion, OH $42 $21 ★ 4/5 187 min —
Hardin Memorial Hospital Kenton, OH $42 — — — —
Southwest General Health Center Middleburg Heights, OH $47 $25 ★ 4/5 199 min —
Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH $48 $76 ★ 4/5 230 min —
Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH $48 $76 ★ 2/5 158 min —
Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH $48 $76 ★ 4/5 178 min —
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH $48 $76 ★ 4/5 229 min —
Dublin Springs Dublin, OH $48 $76 — — —
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH $48 $79 — — —
Greenfield Area Medical Center Greenfield, OH $49 $55 — 109 min —
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Oxford, OH $50 $29 ★ 3/5 132 min —
Bethesda North Cincinnati, OH $50 $29 ★ 3/5 155 min —
Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware, OH $53 $21 ★ 4/5 154 min —
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center Cambridge, OH $55 $21 ★ 4/5 184 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)
$162
Cash / self-pay
$100
Insurer-negotiated
$47
Medicare pays
$20
$45$180
Median cash $100  ·  Medicare $20  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $100 — about 4.9× the Medicare rate ($20). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($41).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $162 list price could save about $62 (38%).

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