Chlamydia test cost in San Diego, CA
In San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for chlamydia test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type): from $19.20 to $198.55, with a median of $31.26. The lowest listed price is at Palomar Medical Center Escondido and 1 other hospital — $12.06 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $54.60 at 203 hospitals.
- The median here, $31.26, is 68% below the US median of $98.75.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($35.09).
- San Diego, CA has the lowest median of 5 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 8 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palomar Medical Center Escondido lowest Escondido, CA Amplified Probe C trachomatis File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $19.20 | $32.00 | — | 40% |
| Palomar Medical Center Poway lowest Poway, CA · (858) 485-6511 Amplified Probe C trachomatis File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $19.20 | $32.00 | — | 40% |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center Coronado, CA · (619) 435-6251 HC C TRACHOMATIS TMA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $27.52 | $36.69 | $1.15–$28.25 | 25% |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Chula Vista, CA · (619) 502-5800 HC C TRACHOMATIS TMA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $27.52 | $36.69 | $2.32–$33.02 | 25% |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA · (858) 939-3400 HC C TRACHOMATIS TMA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $27.52 | $36.69 | $1.15–$725.00 | 25% |
| Grossmont Hospital La Mesa, CA · (619) 465-0711 HC C TRACHOMATIS TMA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $27.52 | $36.69 | $1.00–$35.96 | 25% |
| Palomar Medical Center Poway Poway, CA · (858) 485-6511 Chlamydia trachomatis RNA TMA (Q113+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $28.95 | $48.25 | — | 40% |
| Palomar Medical Center Escondido Escondido, CA C. trachomatis RNA TMA (Q11361)+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $28.95 | $48.25 | — | 40% |
| Paradise Valley Hospital National City, CA · (619) 470-4321 PN CHLA CONF,CHLA TRA PROB LC1+9 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $35.00 | $175.45 | $10.53–$202.64 | 80% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 IADNA CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $105.00 | $24.00–$70.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos San Marcos, CA · (760) 528-6295 IADNA CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $105.00 | $24.00–$70.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Zion San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 IADNA CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $54.60 | $105.00 | $24.00–$70.00 | 48% |
| Palomar Medical Center Poway Poway, CA · (858) 485-6511 Chlamydia trachomatis File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $57.32 | $95.54 | — | 40% |
| Palomar Medical Center Escondido Escondido, CA Chlamydia trachomatis File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $57.32 | $95.54 | — | 40% |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA · (858) 576-1700 Rch Lab-Chlamydia Trachomatis Dna Pcr File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $179.25 | $239.00 | — | 25% |
| UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego, CA · (619) 543-6222 Detection Test For Chlamydia File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $198.55 | $361.00 | $35.09–$487.35 | 45% |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA · (858) 576-1700 Rch Pcr Chlamydia Amplified Prb File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $297.00 | $396.00 | — | 25% |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center Coronado, CA · (619) 435-6251 HC PCR CHLAMYDIA AMPLIFIED P File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $321.00 | $428.00 | $1.00–$329.56 | 25% |
| Grossmont Hospital La Mesa, CA · (619) 465-0711 HC PCR CHLAMYDIA AMPLIFIED P File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $321.00 | $428.00 | $1.00–$419.44 | 25% |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Chula Vista, CA · (619) 502-5800 HC PCR CHLAMYDIA AMPLIFIED P File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $321.00 | $428.00 | $1.00–$453.77 | 25% |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA · (858) 939-3400 HC PCR CHLAMYDIA AMPLIFIED P File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $321.00 | $428.00 | $1.30–$342.40 | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $19.20, median $31.26, highest $198.55 — a 10.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $27.52. 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 9 of 9 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 chlamydia test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Chlamydia test explained.
4 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Chula Vista, CAHC CHYLMD TRACH DNA AMP PROBE - CHLAMYDIA DNA PCR | $7.50 | file |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center Coronado, CAHC CHYLMD TRACH DNA AMP PROBE - CHLAMYDIA DNA PCR | $7.50 | file |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CAHC CHYLMD TRACH DNA AMP PROBE - CHLAMYDIA DNA PCR | $7.50 | file |
| Grossmont Hospital La Mesa, CAHC CHYLMD TRACH DNA AMP PROBE - CHLAMYDIA DNA PCR | $7.50 | file |