Lab tests CPT 88142 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Owosso, MI — inpatient

In Owosso, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening as an inpatient: from $21.60 to $21.60, with a median of $21.60. Across Michigan, the median is $68.90 at 73 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88142, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$21.60Memorial Healthcare
Median$21.60half pay less
Highest$21.60in 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 Owosso, MI.

median
Lowest $21.60Highest $159.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Memorial Healthcare lowest Owosso, MI · (989) 723-5211 CP CERV/VAG MANUAL SCR-MMA $21.60 $27.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Memorial Healthcare Owosso, MI · (989) 723-5211 CRWL CYTOPATH C/V MNL SCRN $42.40 $53.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Memorial Healthcare Owosso, MI · (989) 723-5211 CYTOLOGY SMEAR TP DIAG $159.20 $199.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $21.60, median $21.60, highest $21.60.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $21.60 — 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.