Lab tests CPT 87591 Outpatient

Gonorrhea test cost in Lima, OH

In Lima, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for gonorrhea test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type): from $43.20 to $111.60, with a median of $77.40. The lowest listed price is at Lima Memorial Health System — $34.20 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $87.20 at 98 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 87591, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$43.20Lima Memorial Health System
Median$77.40half pay less
Highest$111.60in this market
Difference2.6×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 Lima, OH.

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Lowest $43.20Highest $111.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 N.Gonorrhoeae Dna Amp Prob $43.20 $48.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Gonorrhea Amp Probe M84465 $55.80 $62.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Neisseria Gonorrhoeae,Amp Prbe $82.80 $92.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Gc Dna Probe.Gcg,Gcu $87.30 $97.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 HC N.Gonorrhea, Dna, Amp Probe $111.60 $186.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $43.20, median $77.40, highest $111.60 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $77.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.