Lab tests CPT 87591 Outpatient

Gonorrhea test cost in Manchester, NH

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for gonorrhea test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type): from $144.30 to $172.42, with a median of $151.20. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph Hospital of Nashua — $6.90 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $147.75 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 87591, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$144.30St Joseph Hospital of Nashua
Median$151.20half pay less
Highest$172.42in this market
Difference1.2×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median
Lowest $144.30Highest $172.42

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St Joseph Hospital of Nashua lowest Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC N.GONORRHEA DNA AMP PROBE $144.30 $370.00 — 61% —
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua lowest Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC SO N GONORRHOEAE DNA AMP PROB $144.30 $370.00 — 61% —
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua lowest Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC SO1 N.GONORRHEA DNA AMP PROBE $144.30 $370.00 — 61% —
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Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 N GONORRHOEAE DNA $151.20 $252.00 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Iadna Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Amplified Probe Tq $172.42 $466.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $144.30, median $151.20, highest $172.42 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $151.20. 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.