Lab tests CPT 88142 Outpatient

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Alliance, NE

In Alliance, NE, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $134.40 to $134.40, with a median of $134.40. Across Nebraska, the median is $68.04 at 41 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88142, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 18, 2026 and Aug 18, 2026.

Lowest$134.40Box Butte General Hospital
Median$134.40half pay less
Highest$134.40in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Box Butte General Hospital Alliance, NE · (308) 762-6660 CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER $134.40 $168.00 — 20% Aug 18, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $134.40, median $134.40, highest $134.40.

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.