Lab tests CPT 88142 Vermont Outpatient

Pap smear (lab reading) cost in Vermont

In Vermont, 3 hospitals publish a cash price for Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening: from $83.00 to $273.00, with a median of $145.78. The lowest price is at University of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care (Burlington). The highest price is 3.3× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 88142. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$83.00University of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care
Median$145.78half pay less
Highest$273.00in Vermont
Lowest saves$62.78vs the median

Hospitals in Vermont, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
University of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care lowest Burlington · Burlington-South Burlington, VT HC - SCREENING CYTOPATHOLOGY, CERVICAL OR VAGINAL (ANY REPORTING SYSTEM), COLLECTED IN PRESERVATIVE $83.00 $83.00 Apr 28, 2026
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Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Bennington · Bennington, VT THIN PREP PAP TEST PROBLEM DX $145.78 $208.25 —
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Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury · St. Johnsbury, VT FAHC THIN PREP PAP SCREENING $273.00 $364.00 —
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By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Bennington, VT 1 $145.78 $145.78
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1 $83.00 $83.00
St. Johnsbury, VT 1 $273.00 $273.00

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.

Pap test lab reading: liquid-based cervical sample, manual screening in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.