Lab tests CPT 87491 Outpatient

Chlamydia test cost in Houma, LA

In Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for chlamydia test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type): from $81.84 to $220.42, with a median of $218.00. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner St Anne General Hospital — $136.16 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $58.70 at 36 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 87491, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$81.84Ochsner St Anne General Hospital
Median$218.00half pay less
Highest$220.42in this market
Difference2.7×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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA.

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Lowest $81.84Highest $220.42

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner St Anne General Hospital lowest Raceland, LA · (985) 537-6841 HC CHLAMYDIA T BY AMPLIFIED PROBE $81.84 $186.00 $31.58–$178.00 56% —
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Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland, LA · (985) 537-6841 HC C. TRACH, MISC, AMPLIFIED RNA $89.76 $204.00 $31.58–$195.23 56% —
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Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland, LA · (985) 537-6841 HC CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS TMA $89.76 $204.00 $31.58–$195.23 56% —
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Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland, LA · (985) 537-6841 HC CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS RNA, TMA $89.76 $204.00 $31.58–$195.23 56% —
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Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland, LA · (985) 537-6841 HC CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS TMA CONF $89.76 $204.00 $31.58–$195.23 56% —
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Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma, LA · (985) 873-2200 Chylmd trach dna amp probe $218.00 $218.00 $30.18–$146.06 — —
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Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma, LA · (985) 873-2200 Laboratory Test $218.00 $218.00 $30.18–$146.06 — —
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Lady of the Sea General Hospital Cut Off, LA · (985) 632-6401 CHLAMYDIA NAA $220.42 $220.42 — — —
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Lady of the Sea General Hospital Cut Off, LA · (985) 632-6401 .CHLAMYDIA NAAT $220.42 $220.42 $20.60–$154.29 — —
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Lady of the Sea General Hospital Cut Off, LA · (985) 632-6401 .CHLAMYDIA NAA $220.42 $220.42 $20.60–$154.29 — —
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Lady of the Sea General Hospital Cut Off, LA · (985) 632-6401 CHLAMYDIA NAAT $220.42 $220.42 — — —
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Outpatient: lowest $81.84, median $218.00, highest $220.42 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $218.00. 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 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.