Lab tests CPT 88142 Outpatient

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Ludington, MI

In Ludington, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $114.00 to $114.00, with a median of $114.00. Across Michigan, the median is $90.00 at 51 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.

Lowest$114.00Corewell Health Ludington Hospital
Median$114.00half pay less
Highest$114.00in 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 Ludington, MI.

median
Lowest $114.00Highest $114.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Corewell Health Ludington Hospital lowest Ludington, MI · (231) 843-2591 Hc Thin Prep Diagnostic Wo Interp $114.00 $114.00 — — —
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Corewell Health Ludington Hospital lowest Ludington, MI · (231) 843-2591 Hc Thin Prep Screen Wo Interp $114.00 $114.00 — — —
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Outpatient: lowest $114.00, median $114.00, highest $114.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $114.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.