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STD test cost in California without insurance

In California, the median cash price for Chlamydia test is $54.60 across 203 hospitals, from $10.00 to $477.25. The lowest is at Anaheim Global Medical Center (Anaheim) and 6 other hospitals. The US median is $98.75.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

STD tests are lab tests, and each infection is usually its own code: chlamydia and gonorrhea are often run on the same urine sample or swab but billed as two tests. The listed price covers the lab test only; the visit, the sample collection or blood draw, and any confirmation test after a positive result are billed separately.

Collected Nov 8, 2026 One price per hospital: its lowest outpatient cash price for the code

STD test prices in California by type

Add up the codes you need: a common screening set is chlamydia (87491, used in the state table), gonorrhea (87591), HIV (87389) and syphilis (86592), while hepatitis C (86803) and high-risk HPV (87624) are separate tests. Each row is one test, not a panel.

ProcedureHospitalsRangeMedianUS median
Chlamydia test Chlamydia test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type) · code 87491 203 $10.00–$477.25 $54.60 $98.75
Gonorrhea test Gonorrhea test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type) · code 87591 200 $10.00–$511.00 $59.74 $97.55
HIV test (4th generation) HIV-1/2 antigen and antibody combination blood test (4th generation) · code 87389 190 $8.00–$634.00 $87.36 $83.85
Syphilis test (RPR) Syphilis screening blood test, non-treponemal (RPR or VDRL), yes/no result · code 86592 211 $2.57–$266.00 $13.42 $32.50
Hepatitis C antibody test Hepatitis C antibody blood test (screening) · code 86803 200 $7.39–$296.00 $54.74 $78.40
HPV test HPV test for high-risk types, one combined (pooled) result · code 87624 128 $10.22–$577.00 $135.20 $108.55
HIV antibody test HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibody test · code 86703 174 $6.00–$1,022.75 $58.82 $70.49
Hepatitis B test Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) test · code 87340 197 $5.00–$258.00 $71.76 $61.20
Hepatitis C RNA test Hepatitis C viral load (HCV RNA) test · code 87522 182 $20.00–$940.37 $87.88 $202.46
Trichomoniasis test Trichomonas test (NAAT) · code 87661 160 $8.52–$564.54 $98.00 $89.60
Herpes (HSV-2) blood test Herpes blood test, HSV-2 antibody · code 86696 182 $5.85–$379.66 $23.50 $66.08
Herpes (HSV-1) blood test Herpes blood test, HSV-1 antibody · code 86695 190 $4.78–$381.61 $19.38 $58.67
HIV viral load test HIV viral load test (HIV-1 RNA, quantitative) · code 87536 176 $28.70–$1,816.00 $100.88 $276.38
Hepatitis panel Acute hepatitis panel (hepatitis A, B and C) · code 80074 182 $24.41–$1,366.38 $272.16 $241.28
Procedure The service and its billing code (CPT or HCPCS). Opens the comparison of every hospital that prices it. More
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Middle 80% Cash prices of most hospitals: a tenth of hospitals charge less than the first number (P10), a tenth charge more than the second (P90). More
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
US median The median cash price across all US hospitals that publish one for this code.

Outpatient cash prices in California. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest cash price for the code; prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Pick a procedure to compare every hospital in the state.

Lowest Chlamydia test prices in California

STD test cost by metro area in California

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Paying cash: what to do

  • Check your local health department or a Title X family planning clinic, which offer free or sliding-fee STD testing in many areas.
  • Ask whether chlamydia and gonorrhea will be billed as two tests or as one combined price, and whether the visit fee is included.
  • Ask what the follow-up test costs if a screen is positive, since HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C screening results are confirmed with a second test.