Lab tests CPT 88142 Outpatient

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Brigham City, UT

In Brigham City, UT-ID, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $141.82 to $141.82, with a median of $141.82. Across Utah, the median is $139.36 at 15 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88142, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$141.82Brigham City Community Hospital
Median$141.82half pay less
Highest$141.82in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Brigham City, UT-ID.

median
Lowest $141.82Highest $141.82

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Brigham City Community Hospital lowest Brigham City, UT · (435) 734-9471 Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation; manual screening under physician supervision $141.82 $141.82 $66.86–$83.47 — Sep 1, 2026
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Brigham City Community Hospital lowest Brigham City, UT · (435) 734-9471 PAPDX TCSC NORSC TH $141.82 $141.82 $29.20–$127.64 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $141.82, median $141.82, highest $141.82.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This code covers the lab work on a Pap test collected in liquid, where the sample is prepared as a thin layer and screened for abnormal cervical cells. It is not the exam where the sample is collected.

What the price covers

The price usually covers preparing and screening the sample. The visit and pelvic exam, an HPV test on the same sample (87624) and a pathologist's review of abnormal cells are billed separately.