Lab tests CPT 88142 Outpatient

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Walla Walla, WA

In Walla Walla, WA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $35.70 to $35.70, with a median of $35.70. Across Washington, the median is $64.40 at 17 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$35.70Providence St Mary Medical Center
Median$35.70half pay less
Highest$35.70in 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 Walla Walla, WA.

median
Lowest $35.70Highest $60.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence St Mary Medical Center lowest Walla Walla, WA · (509) 522-5900 HC CYTP CERV/VAG AUTO THIN LAYER PREP MNL SCREEN LAB $35.70 $51.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla, WA · (509) 522-5900 HC PAP-THIN PREP SCREENING $60.90 $87.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $35.70, median $35.70, highest $35.70.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $35.70. 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.