Lab tests CPT 87591 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Gonorrhea test cost in Sheboygan, WI — inpatient

In Sheboygan, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for gonorrhea test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type) as an inpatient: from $105.00 to $217.14, with a median of $161.07. The lowest listed price is at Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County — $56.07 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $143.02 at 80 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 87591, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.

Lowest$105.00Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County
Median$161.07half pay less
Highest$217.14in this market
Difference2.1×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 Sheboygan, WI.

median
Lowest $105.00Highest $237.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County lowest Sheboygan, WI · (920) 451-5000 MISC LAB $105.00 $210.00 $126.00–$178.50 50% Nov 21, 2025
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St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Sheboygan, WI · (920) 459-8300 HC N GONOR RNA TMA $217.14 $329.00 $35.09–$329.00 34% —
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St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Sheboygan, WI · (920) 459-8300 HC NEISSERIA AMP $237.60 $360.00 $35.09–$360.00 34% —
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Inpatient: lowest $105.00, median $161.07, highest $217.14 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $161.07 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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 1 it is 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.