Lab tests CPT 88142 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Lafayette, LA — inpatient

In Lafayette, LA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening as an inpatient: from $11.13 to $23.85, with a median of $13.78. The lowest listed price is at Lafayette General Medical Center — $2.65 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $27.82 at 33 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 88142, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$11.13Lafayette General Medical Center

Median$13.78half of hospitals charge less

Highest$23.85in this market

Difference2.1×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 Lafayette, LA.

median

Lowest $11.13Highest $26.55

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Lafayette General Medical Center lowest Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC PAP SMEAR, THIN PREP DIAGNOSTIC source file	$11.13	$53.00	—	79%
Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 HC PAP SMEAR, THIN PREP DIAGNOSTIC source file	$12.19	$53.00	—	77%
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC PAP SMEAR, THIN PREP DIAGNOSTIC source file	$13.78	$53.00	—	74%
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC PAP SMEAR, THIN PREP DIAGNOSTIC source file	$15.90	$53.00	—	70%
Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC PAP SMEAR, THIN PREP SCREENING source file	$21.21	$101.00	—	79%
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC PAP SMEAR, THIN PREP SCREENING source file	$21.30	$71.00	—	70%
Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 HC PAP SMEAR, THIN PREP SCREENING source file	$21.85	$95.00	—	77%
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC PAP SMEAR, THIN PREP DIAGNOSTIC source file	$23.85	$53.00	—	55%
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC PAP SMEAR, THIN PREP SCREENING source file	$25.22	$97.00	—	74%
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC PAP SMEAR, THIN PREP SCREENING source file	$26.55	$59.00	—	55%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $11.13, median $13.78, highest $23.85 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $13.78 — 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.