Lab tests CPT 88142 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Hugo, CO — inpatient

In Hugo, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening as an inpatient: from $31.00 to $31.00, with a median of $31.00. Across Colorado, the median is $196.61 at 26 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 Jun 4, 2026 and Jun 4, 2026.

Lowest$31.00Lincoln Health
Median$31.00half pay less
Highest$31.00in 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 Hugo, CO.

median
Lowest $31.00Highest $31.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lincoln Health lowest Hugo, CO · (719) 743-2421 88142-cytopath cv thin layer $31.00 $31.00 — — Jun 4, 2026
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Lincoln Health lowest Hugo, CO · (719) 743-2421 Cytopath c/v thin layer $31.00 $31.00 — — Jun 4, 2026
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Lincoln Health lowest Hugo, CO · (719) 743-2421 88142-cytopath cv thin layer $31.00 $31.00 — — Jun 4, 2026
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Lincoln Health lowest Hugo, CO · (719) 743-2421 Cytopath c/v thin layer $31.00 $31.00 — — Jun 4, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $31.00, median $31.00, highest $31.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $31.00 — 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.