Lab tests CPT 88142 Outpatient

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Holland, MI

In Holland, MI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $61.80 to $71.52, with a median of $66.66. The lowest listed price is at Holland Community Hospital — $4.86 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $90.00 at 51 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 88142, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 21, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Lowest$61.80Holland Community Hospital
Median$66.66half pay less
Highest$71.52in this market
Difference1.2×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 Holland, MI.

median
Lowest $61.80Highest $71.52

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Holland Community Hospital lowest Holland, MI · (616) 392-5141 Pap test, manual screening $61.80 $103.00 $19.25–$103.00 40% Sep 21, 2026
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Beacon Allegan Allegan, MI · (269) 686-4101 PAP SMEAR - THIN LAYER DIAG $71.52 $145.95 $14.37–$25.01 51% —
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Beacon Allegan Allegan, MI · (269) 686-4101 PAP SMEAR - THIN LAYER DIAG $71.52 $145.95 $14.37–$25.01 51% —
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Outpatient: lowest $61.80, median $66.66, highest $71.52 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $71.52. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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.