Lab tests CPT 87591 Outpatient

Gonorrhea test cost in Beckley, WV

In Beckley, WV, 2 hospitals list a cash price for gonorrhea test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type): from $60.00 to $113.50, with a median of $86.75. The lowest listed price is at Appalachian Regional Healthcare — $26.75 less than the median here. Across West Virginia, the median is $60.00 at 25 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 87591, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$60.00Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Median$86.75half pay less
Highest$113.50in this market
Difference1.9×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 Beckley, WV.

median
Lowest $60.00Highest $113.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Appalachian Regional Healthcare lowest Beckley, WV NEISSERIA GONORRH AMP PROB $60.00 $100.00 $31.58–$220.09 40% —
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Appalachian Regional Healthcare lowest Beckley, WV NEISSERIA GONORRH AMP PROB $60.00 $100.00 $31.58–$220.09 40% —
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Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, WV · (304) 256-4100 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe technique $113.50 $283.75 $35.09–$283.75 60% —
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Outpatient: lowest $60.00, median $86.75, highest $113.50 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $60.00. 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 2 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 Neisseria gonorrhoeae using a nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT). It is run on a urine sample or a swab, often from the same sample as a chlamydia test, and is used for screening and when there are symptoms.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the gonorrhea test only. The visit, the sample collection and a chlamydia test on the same sample (87491) are usually billed separately.