Lab tests CPT 87491 Outpatient

Chlamydia test cost in Grand Rapids, MI

In Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, 11 hospitals list a cash price for chlamydia test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type): from $16.48 to $140.00, with a median of $127.00. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Health Saint Marys — $110.52 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $74.00 at 93 hospitals.

  • The median here, $127.00, is 29% above the US median of $98.75.
  • That is 3.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($35.09).
  • Grand Rapids, MI ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Michigan by median, cheapest first.
  • 7 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 cities for code 87491, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 5, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and May 1, 2026.

Lowest$16.48Mercy Health Saint Marys
Median$127.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$140.00in this market
Difference8.5×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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI.

median
Lowest $16.48Highest $180.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Mercy Health Saint Marys lowest Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 685-5000 HC Warde 3620200 Infectious Agent Nucleic Acid Amplified Probe Chlamydia Trachomatis Thin Prep File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file $16.48 $25.35 $11.20–$216.89 35%
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson Carson City, MI · (989) 584-3131 HB Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Rna File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $19.88 $79.52 $26.32–$64.41 75%
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Ionia Ionia, MI · (616) 527-4200 HB Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Rna File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $19.88 $79.52 $12.00–$416.49 75%
Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital Grand Haven, MI · (616) 847-5268 C TRACHOMATIS AMP PROBE File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $24.61 $24.61 $18.81–$121.73 —
Mercy Health Saint Marys Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 685-5000 HC Warde Infectious Agent Nucleic Acid Amplified Probe Chlamydia Trachomatis File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file $71.50 $110.00 $19.18–$216.89 35%
Mercy Health Saint Marys Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 685-5000 HC Infectious Agent Nucleic Acid Amplified Probe Chlamydia Trachomatis File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file $88.40 $136.00 $19.18–$216.89 35%
Sheridan Community Hospital Sheridan, MI · (989) 291-3261 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS RNA THROAT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 22, 2026 · source file $108.00 $135.00 $25.36–$119.20 20%
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 HC CHLAMYDIA PCR RNA-ALINITY+2 more lines at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file $127.00 $127.00 — —
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna-Alinity File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $127.00 $127.00 — —
Corewell Health Greenville Hospital Greenville, MI · (616) 754-4691 Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna-Alinity File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $127.00 $127.00 — —
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 HC CHLAMYDIA PCR RNA-ALINITY File of May 1, 2026 · source file $127.00 $127.00 — —
Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital Zeeland, MI · (616) 772-4644 Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna-Alinity File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $127.00 $127.00 — —
Sheridan Community Hospital Sheridan, MI · (989) 291-3261 CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS RNA UROGENITAL File of Apr 22, 2026 · source file $128.00 $160.00 $25.36–$141.28 20%
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 HC CHLAMYDIA PCR RNA File of May 1, 2026 · source file $131.00 $131.00 — —
Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital Zeeland, MI · (616) 772-4644 Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $131.00 $131.00 — —
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $131.00 $131.00 — —
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $131.00 $131.00 — —
Corewell Health Greenville Hospital Greenville, MI · (616) 754-4691 Hc Chlamydia Pcr Rna File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $131.00 $131.00 — —
Corewell Health Greenville Hospital Greenville, MI · (616) 754-4691 HC CHLAMYDIA PCR RNA-ALINITY File of May 1, 2026 · source file $140.00 $140.00 — —
Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital Zeeland, MI · (616) 772-4644 HC CHLAMYDIA PCR RNA-ALINITY File of May 1, 2026 · source file $140.00 $140.00 — —
Corewell Health Pennock Hospital Hastings, MI · (269) 945-3451 HC CHLAMYDIA PCR RNA-ALINITY File of May 1, 2026 · source file $140.00 $140.00 — —
Corewell Health Greenville Hospital Greenville, MI · (616) 754-4691 HC CHLAMYDIA PCR RNA File of May 1, 2026 · source file $144.00 $144.00 — —
Corewell Health Pennock Hospital Hastings, MI · (269) 945-3451 HC CHLAMYDIA PCR RNA File of May 1, 2026 · source file $144.00 $144.00 — —
Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital Zeeland, MI · (616) 772-4644 HC CHLAMYDIA PCR RNA File of May 1, 2026 · source file $144.00 $144.00 — —
Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital Grand Haven, MI · (616) 847-5268 CHLAMYDIA AMP PROBE File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $180.00 $180.00 $18.81–$121.73 —
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

Outpatient: lowest $16.48, median $127.00, highest $140.00 — a 8.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $127.00. 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 5 of 5 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 chlamydia test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Chlamydia test explained.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87491 ($95.63). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Mercy Health Saint Marys Grand Rapids, MIHC Warde 3723400 Infectious Agent Nucleic Acid Amplified Probe Chlamydia Trachomatis Urogenital $7.88 file
Mercy Health Saint Marys Grand Rapids, MIHC Warde 3435200 Infectious Agent Nucleic Acid Amplified Probe Chlamydia Trachomatis Pap Vial $9.23 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.