Lab tests CPT 88142 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Dayton, OH — inpatient

In Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH, 6 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening as an inpatient: from $90.00 to $90.00, with a median of $90.00. The lowest listed price is at Dayton Osteopathic Hospital and 5 other hospitals. Across Ohio, the median is $91.00 at 88 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 6 cities for code 88142, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$90.00Dayton Osteopathic Hospital + 5 more
Median$90.00half pay less
Highest$90.00in 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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH.

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Lowest $90.00Highest $90.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Dayton Osteopathic Hospital lowest Dayton, OH · (937) 723-3410 Hc Pap C/V Thin Layer $90.00 $225.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Kettering Medical Center lowest Miamisburg, OH · (937) 384-8760 Hc Pap C/V Thin Layer $90.00 $225.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Kettering Medical Center lowest Troy, OH · (937) 980-7000 Hc Pap C/V Thin Layer $90.00 $225.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Kettering Medical Center lowest Kettering, OH · (937) 298-4331 Hc Pap C/V Thin Layer $90.00 $225.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Greene Memorial Hospital lowest Xenia, OH · (937) 352-2000 Hc Pap C/V Thin Layer $90.00 $225.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Beavercreek Medical Center lowest Beaver Creek, OH · (937) 702-4000 Hc Pap C/V Thin Layer $90.00 $225.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $90.00, median $90.00, highest $90.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $90.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.