Ova and parasites test cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 16 hospitals list a cash price for stool ova and parasites exam: from $18.57 to $122.40, with a median of $57.40. The lowest listed price is at CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital — $38.83 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $63.86 at 78 hospitals.
- The median here, $57.40, is 6% above the US median of $53.95.
- That is 6.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($8.90).
- Louisville, KY has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Kentucky with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 16 facilities across 9 cities for code 87177, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital lowest Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC Lab Ova-Parasite Exam+1 more line at this price File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $18.57 | $44.00 | $7.42–$35.07 | 58% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 #OVA+PARASITES DIR SMEARS+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $27.00 | $45.00 | $3.97–$20.29 | 40% |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB OVA & PARASITE File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $33.88 | $242.00 | $7.42–$211.75 | 86% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville, KY SO OVA AND PARASITES SMEARS File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.00 | $120.00 | $20.16–$120.00 | 55% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 SO OVA AND PARASITES SMEARS File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $56.70 | $126.00 | $21.17–$126.00 | 55% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB OVA & PARASITE File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $57.40 | $287.00 | $8.90–$238.21 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB OVA & PARASITE File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $57.40 | $287.00 | $8.90–$243.95 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB OVA & PARASITE File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $57.40 | $287.00 | $8.90–$238.21 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB OVA & PARASITE File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $57.40 | $287.00 | $8.90–$238.21 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB OVA & PARASITE File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $57.40 | $287.00 | $8.90–$238.21 | 80% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 SO OVA AND PARASITES SMEARS File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $88.92 | $234.00 | $31.33–$234.00 | 62% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Smear for parasites File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $110.68 | $147.57 | $5.34–$295.14 | 25% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Smear for parasites File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $110.68 | $147.57 | $7.42–$295.14 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Smear for parasites File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $110.68 | $147.57 | $7.42–$221.36 | 25% |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Smear for parasites File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $113.40 | $189.00 | $4.45–$170.10 | 40% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY SO OVA AND PARASITES SMEARS File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $122.40 | $340.00 | $57.12–$340.00 | 64% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 OVA+PARASITES DIR SMEARS CO+ID+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $215.40 | $359.00 | $3.97–$20.29 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $18.57, median $57.40, highest $122.40 — a 6.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $57.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 15 of 16 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What ova and parasites test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Ova and parasites test explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87177 ($52.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Hospital Louisville, KYSO OVA AND PARASITES SMEARS | $3.36 | file |