Lab tests CPT 87591 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Gonorrhea test cost in Redding, CA — inpatient

In Redding, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for gonorrhea test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type) as an inpatient: from $21.37 to $21.37, with a median of $21.37. Across California, the median is $65.92 at 190 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87591, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$21.37Mercy Medical Center Redding
Median$21.37half pay less
Highest$21.37in 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 Redding, CA.

median
Lowest $21.37Highest $254.01

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Medical Center Redding lowest Redding, CA · (530) 225-6102 RL-A-LABCORP NEISSERIA $21.37 $42.14 $37.93–$41.30 49% Feb 28, 2026
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Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding, CA · (530) 225-6102 IA NEISSERIA GONO AMP PRB $254.01 $501.00 $450.90–$490.98 49% Feb 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $21.37, median $21.37, highest $21.37.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $28.19 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87591 ($106.98). 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.

Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding, CARL-A-GCAMD 60244 $5.07 file