Lab tests CPT 88142 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Deltona, FL — inpatient

In Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening as an inpatient: from $44.32 to $107.92, with a median of $54.62. The lowest listed price is at AdventHealth Daytona Beach — $10.30 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $36.00 at 62 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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$44.32AdventHealth Daytona Beach
Median$54.62half pay less
Highest$107.92in this market
Difference2.4×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 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL.

median
Lowest $44.32Highest $107.92

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
AdventHealth Daytona Beach lowest Daytona Beach, FL · (386) 231-6000 HC PAP SMEAR DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL NO ALT CODE $44.32 $44.32 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast, FL · (386) 302-1800 HC PAP SMEAR DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL NO ALT CODE $54.62 $54.62 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Palm Coast Palm Coast, FL · (386) 586-2000 HC PAP SMEAR DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL NO ALT CODE $54.62 $54.62 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL · (386) 231-6000 HC PAP SMEAR SCREENING MANUAL ALT CODE G0123 $91.65 $91.65 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach, FL · (386) 424-5100 HC PAP SMEAR DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL NO ALT CODE $107.92 $107.92 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $44.32, median $54.62, highest $107.92 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $54.62 — 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.