Lab tests CPT 88142 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Jackson, CA — inpatient

In Jackson, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening as an inpatient: from $50.00 to $50.00, with a median of $50.00. Across California, the median is $91.00 at 120 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88142, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$50.00Sutter Amador Hospital

Median$50.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$50.00in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Sutter Amador Hospital Jackson, CA · (209) 223-7500 HCHG REF CYTOPATHOLGY CERVICAL/VAGINAL THIN LAYER PREP File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$50.00	$50.00	—	—

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $50.00, median $50.00, highest $50.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $50.00 — 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.