Lab tests CPT 87591 Outpatient

Gonorrhea test cost in Tyler, TX

In Tyler, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for gonorrhea test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type): from $38.90 to $276.20, with a median of $266.90. The lowest listed price is at University of Texas Health Center at Tyler — $228.00 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $141.71 at 286 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 87591, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$38.90University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
Median$266.90half pay less
Highest$276.20in this market
Difference7.1×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 Tyler, TX.

median
Lowest $38.90Highest $276.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler lowest Tyler, TX · (903) 877-7777 Detection test by nucleic acid for Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhoeae bacteria), amplified probe technique $38.90 $389.00 $29.48–$260.63 90% —
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UT Health Rehabilitation Hospital Tyler, TX Detection test by nucleic acid for Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhoeae bacteria), amplified probe technique $266.90 $2,669.00 $35.09–$1,788.23 90% —
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UT Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital Tyler, TX · (903) 597-0351 Detection test by nucleic acid for Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhoeae bacteria), amplified probe technique $276.20 $2,762.00 $29.48–$1,822.92 90% —
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Outpatient: lowest $38.90, median $266.90, highest $276.20 — a 7.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $266.90. 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 3 of 3 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.