Lab tests CPT 87491 Outpatient

Chlamydia test cost in Ellsworth, ME

In Ellsworth, ME, 1 hospital lists a cash price for chlamydia test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type): from $38.00 to $38.00, with a median of $38.00. Across Maine, the median is $66.83 at 22 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87491, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$38.00Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities
Median$38.00half pay less
Highest$38.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 Ellsworth, ME.

median
Lowest $38.00Highest $48.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities lowest Ellsworth, ME · (207) 667-5311 CHLMCHG $38.00 $152.00 $76.15–$122.21 75% —
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Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities lowest Ellsworth, ME · (207) 667-5311 Chlamydia trachomatis Molecular Test $38.00 $152.00 $76.15–$122.21 75% —
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Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities Ellsworth, ME · (207) 667-5311 C. trachomatis & N. gonorrhoeae by TMA $48.50 $194.00 $97.19–$155.98 75% —
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Outpatient: lowest $38.00, median $38.00, highest $38.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $38.00. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.

3 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.

Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities Ellsworth, MEChlamydia/GC RNA TMA Conjunctiva $4.50 file
Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities Ellsworth, MEChlamydia/GC RNA TMA Rectal $4.50 file
Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities Ellsworth, MEChlamydia/GC RNA TMA Throat $4.50 file