Lab tests CPT 88142 Outpatient

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Naples, FL

In Naples-Marco Island, FL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $51.60 to $51.60, with a median of $51.60. Across Florida, the median is $34.45 at 80 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88142, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 1, 2026 and Jul 1, 2026.

Lowest$51.60Naples Community Hospital
Median$51.60half pay less
Highest$51.60in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · (239) 624-5000 HC CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER - LAB CYTOPATH CERV/VAG THIN LAYER $51.60 $129.00 — 60% Jul 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $51.60, median $51.60, highest $51.60.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $51.60. 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.

12 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 88142 ($75.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ14499 SP PAP $4.62 file
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ15550PAP W/RF LBDGS $4.62 file
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ15095 CYTOPATH C-V $4.62 file
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ92245 CYTOPTH CV TL $4.62 file
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ14499 SP PAP $5.39 file
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ15550PAP W/RF LBDGS $5.39 file
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ15095 CYTOPATH C-V $5.39 file
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ92245 CYTOPTH CV TL $5.39 file
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ14499 SP PAP $5.39 file
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ15550PAP W/RF LBDGS $5.39 file
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ15095 CYTOPATH C-V $5.39 file
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLQ92245 CYTOPTH CV TL $5.39 file