Lab tests CPT 88142 Outpatient

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Iuka, MS

In Iuka, MS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $15.91 to $15.91, with a median of $15.91. Across Mississippi, the median is $24.48 at 26 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88142, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$15.91Tishomingo Health Services
Median$15.91half pay less
Highest$15.91in 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 Iuka, MS.

median
Lowest $15.91Highest $133.73

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Tishomingo Health Services lowest Iuka, MS · (662) 423-6051 HC CYTOPATH MANUAL PAP RFLX LCA $15.91 $37.00 — 57% Apr 1, 2026
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Tishomingo Health Services Iuka, MS · (662) 423-6051 HC CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER PAP LB LCA $24.94 $58.00 — 57% Apr 1, 2026
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Tishomingo Health Services Iuka, MS · (662) 423-6051 HC CYTOPATH C/V THIN LAYER - LAB CYTOPATH CERV/VAG THIN LAYER $87.72 $204.00 — 57% Apr 1, 2026
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Tishomingo Health Services Iuka, MS · (662) 423-6051 HC THINPREP PAP MNL INTRP $109.65 $255.00 — 57% Apr 1, 2026
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Tishomingo Health Services Iuka, MS · (662) 423-6051 HC THINPREP PAP MANUAL $133.73 $311.00 — 57% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $15.91, median $15.91, highest $15.91.

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.