Lab tests CPT 87491 Outpatient

Chlamydia test cost in Detroit, MI

In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 26 hospitals list a cash price for chlamydia test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type): from $12.82 to $364.50, with a median of $74.00. The lowest listed price is at Henry Ford Health and 2 other hospitals — $61.18 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $114.24 at 60 hospitals.

Cash prices at 26 facilities across 19 cities for code 87491, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 2, 2026.

Lowest$12.82Henry Ford Health + 2 more
Median$74.00half pay less
Highest$364.50in this market
Difference28.4×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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.

median
Lowest $12.82Highest $364.50

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Henry Ford Health lowest Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOM DNA PROB $12.82 $22.90 $22.10 44% —
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Henry Ford Health lowest East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOM DNA PROB $12.82 $22.90 $22.10 44% —
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Henry Ford Health lowest Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOM DNA PROB $12.82 $22.90 $22.10 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Rochester, MI · (248) 652-5000 CHLAMYDIA DNA AMPLIFICATION $23.97 $51.00 $41.67–$45.33 53% —
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Henry Ford Health Rochester, MI · (248) 652-5000 CHLAMYDIA DNA SEND OUT SJH $32.90 $70.00 $41.67–$45.33 53% —
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Henry Ford Health Rochester, MI · (248) 652-5000 SJH CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS BY PCR $36.66 $78.00 $41.67–$45.33 53% —
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Henry Ford Health Rochester, MI · (248) 652-5000 SJH- TRACH-AMPLIFIED DNA ASSAY $36.66 $78.00 $41.67–$45.33 53% —
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Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS REC $40.80 $81.60 $19.19–$61.20 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS PHA $40.80 $81.60 $19.19–$61.20 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMP $40.80 $81.60 $19.19–$61.20 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 C. TRACHOMATIS, NAA, RECT-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 C. TRACHOMATIS NAA, CONF-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 C. TRACHOMATIS, NAA, RECT-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 C. TRACHOMATIS NAA, CONF-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 CHLAMYDIA PREQUOT, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 C TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 CHLAMYDIA BY NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 C. TRACHOMATIS NAA, CONF-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 C. TRACHOMATIS, NAA, RECT-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 CHLAMYDIA BY NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 C TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 CHLAMYDIA PREQUOT, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 C TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 CHLAMYDIA BY NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 C. TRACHOMATIS NAA, CONF-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 C. TRACHOMATIS, NAA, RECT-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 CHLAMYDIA PREQUOT, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 CHLAMYDIA BY NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 C TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 CHLAMYDIA PREQUOT, NAA-LC $41.44 $74.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 C. TRACHOMATIS, NAA, RECT-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 C. TRACHOMATIS NAA, CONF-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 CHLAMYDIA BY NAA-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 C TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 CHLAMYDIA PREQUOT, NAA-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 C. TRACHOMATIS, NAA, RECT-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 C. TRACHOMATIS NAA, CONF-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 CHLAMYDIA BY NAA-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 C TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 CHLAMYDIA PREQUOT, NAA-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS, NAA-LC $45.36 $81.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 CHYLMD TRACH DNA AMP PROBE $45.47 $90.94 $19.19–$60.75 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 Chlamydia by PCR $45.80 $91.60 $19.19–$60.75 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 Chlamydia PCR $45.80 $91.60 $19.19–$68.70 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp, MI · (586) 263-2300 HB LAB C.TRACHOMATIS NA-TMA, SO $48.42 $105.00 $18.35–$105.00 54% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp, MI · (586) 263-2300 HB LAB CHLAMYDIA RNA - THROAT/RECTAL, SO $48.42 $12.13 $9.46–$82.53 -299% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI · (248) 325-1000 HB LAB C.TRACHOMATIS NA-TMA, SO $48.42 $105.00 $18.35–$105.00 54% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 916-2600 HB LAB C.TRACHOMATIS NA-TMA, SO $48.42 $105.00 $28.63–$48.42 54% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp, MI · (586) 263-2300 HB LAB CHLAMYDIA TRACH NAP AMPLFD $48.42 $237.00 $18.35–$123.39 80% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte, MI HB LAB C.TRACHOMATIS NA-TMA, SO $48.42 $105.00 $18.35–$105.00 54% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte, MI HB LAB CHLAMYDIA RNA - THROAT/RECTAL, SO $48.42 $12.13 $8.49–$38.60 -299% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte, MI HB LAB CHLAMYDIA TRACH NAP AMPLFD $48.42 $237.00 $28.63–$48.42 80% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 916-2600 HB LAB CHLAMYDIA TRACH NAP AMPLFD $48.42 $237.00 $28.63–$48.42 80% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 916-2600 HB LAB CHLAMYDIA RNA - THROAT/RECTAL, SO $48.42 $12.13 $12.13–$104.54 -299% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI · (248) 325-1000 HB LAB CHLAMYDIA TRACH NAP AMPLFD $48.42 $237.00 $18.35–$123.39 80% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI · (248) 325-1000 HB LAB CHLAMYDIA RNA - THROAT/RECTAL, SO $48.42 $12.13 $12.13–$104.54 -299% Jun 28, 2026
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 C TRACH-AMPLIFD DNA ASSAY-LCT $56.00 $100.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 C TRACH-AMPLIFD DNA ASSAY-LCT $56.00 $100.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 C TRACH-AMPLIFD DNA ASSAY-LCT $56.00 $100.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 C TRACH-AMPLIFD DNA ASSAY-LCT $56.00 $100.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI · (586) 493-8000 Chlamydia PCR $56.95 $113.90 $19.19–$108.27 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI · (586) 493-8000 Chlamydia by PCR $56.95 $113.90 $19.19–$108.27 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 C TRACH-AMPLIFD DNA ASSAY-LCT $61.04 $109.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 C TRACH-AMPLIFD DNA ASSAY-LCT $61.04 $109.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor, MI · (313) 295-5000 Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna $74.00 $74.00 — — —
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William Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe, MI · (313) 473-1000 Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna $74.00 $74.00 — — —
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William Beaumont Hospital Troy, MI · (248) 964-8800 Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna $74.00 $74.00 — — —
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Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton, MI · (734) 671-3800 Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna $74.00 $74.00 — — —
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Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne, MI · (734) 467-4175 Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna $74.00 $74.00 — — —
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McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 338-5000 Chlamydia by PCR $90.10 $180.20 $19.19–$139.17 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 338-5000 Chlamydia PCR $90.10 $180.20 $19.19–$129.96 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 CHLAMYDIA DNA AMP PROBE $92.85 $185.70 $19.19–$139.27 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 CHLAMYDIA, DNA AMPLIF $92.85 $185.70 $19.19–$139.27 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 CHLMYDA DNA AMP PRB(SOM) $99.57 $199.14 $19.19–$149.36 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 C TRACH-AMPLIFIED DNA ASSAY $112.00 $200.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 C TRACH-AMPLIFIED DNA ASSAY $112.00 $200.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 C TRACH-AMPLIFIED DNA ASSAY $112.20 $200.36 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 C TRACH-AMPLIFIED DNA ASSAY $112.20 $200.36 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION $114.24 $204.00 $23.68–$63.09 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Novi, MI POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION $114.24 $204.00 $23.68–$63.09 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Novi, MI POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION $114.24 $204.00 $23.68–$63.09 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION $114.24 $204.00 $23.68–$63.09 44% —
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McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MI · (810) 667-5500 Chlamydia PCR $119.20 $238.40 $19.19–$124.92 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MI · (810) 667-5500 Chlamydia by PCR $119.20 $238.40 $19.19–$101.53 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 CHLAMYDIA AMPLIFIED PROBE $122.64 $219.00 $23.68–$63.09 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 C TRACH-AMPLIFIED DNA ASSAY $122.64 $219.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 CHLAMYDIA AMPLIFIED PROBE $122.64 $219.00 $23.68–$63.09 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 C TRACH-AMPLIFIED DNA ASSAY $122.64 $219.00 $22.10–$56.32 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Novi, MI CHLAMYDIA AMPLIFIED PROBE $122.64 $219.00 $23.68–$63.09 44% —
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Henry Ford Health Novi, MI CHLAMYDIA AMPLIFIED PROBE $122.64 $219.00 $23.68–$63.09 44% —
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VHS Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Detroit, MI CHLAMYDIA DNA AMP PROBE $180.00 $240.00 — 25% Apr 8, 2026
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VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MI · (313) 745-5437 CHLAMYDIA DNA AMP PROBE $207.75 $277.00 — 25% Apr 6, 2026
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VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 966-3300 CHLAMYDIA DNA AMP PROBE $254.25 $339.00 — 25% Apr 8, 2026
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VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Commerce Charter Twp, MI · (248) 937-3370 CHLAMYDIA DNA AMP PROBE $312.00 $416.00 $1.00–$47.87 25% May 20, 2026
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Harper University Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-6211 CHLAMYDIA DNA AMP PROBE $343.50 $458.00 $1.00–$47.87 25% Aug 20, 2026
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Harper University Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-6211 CHLAMYDIA DNA AMP PROBE $343.50 $458.00 $1.00–$47.87 25% Sep 2, 2026
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VHS Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-2941 CHLAMYDIA DNA AMP PROBE $364.50 $486.00 — 25% Apr 7, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $12.82, median $74.00, highest $364.50 — a 28.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $74.00. 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 12 of 17 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 4 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 it is

This test looks for the genetic material of Chlamydia trachomatis using a nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), the most accurate type of chlamydia test. It is run on a urine sample or a swab and is used for routine screening and when there are symptoms.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the chlamydia test only. The visit, the sample collection and a gonorrhea test on the same sample (87591) are usually billed separately.

15 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87491 ($114.40). 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.

VHS Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit, MICHLAMYDIA AMP PROBE $6.75 file
VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MICHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMP $6.75 file
VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MICHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS PHARYNG $6.75 file
VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MICHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS RECTAL $6.75 file
VHS Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Detroit, MICHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMP $6.75 file
VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Commerce Charter Twp, MICHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMP $6.75 file
VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Commerce Charter Twp, MICHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS PHARYNG $6.75 file
VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Commerce Charter Twp, MICHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS RECTAL $6.75 file
VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Detroit, MICHLAMYDIA AMP PROBE $6.75 file
Harper University Hospital Detroit, MICHLAMYDIA AMP PROBE $6.75 file
Harper University Hospital Detroit, MICHLAMYDIA AMP PROBE $6.75 file
VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Commerce Charter Twp, MICHLAMYDIA DNA AMP PRBE PHARYN $7.50 file
VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MICHLAMYDIA AMP PROBE $7.50 file
VHS Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Detroit, MICHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS PHARYNG $8.25 file
VHS Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Detroit, MICHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS RECTAL $8.25 file