Lab tests CPT 87635 Outpatient

COVID-19 PCR test cost in Houma, LA

In Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for COVID-19 PCR test (SARS-CoV-2 lab test): from $180.25 to $180.25, with a median of $180.25. Across Louisiana, the median is $78.10 at 28 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87635, 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$180.25Lady of the Sea General Hospital
Median$180.25half pay less
Highest$180.25in 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA.

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Lowest $180.25Highest $180.25

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lady of the Sea General Hospital lowest Cut Off, LA · (985) 632-6401 CLINIC COVID 19 TESTING $180.25 $180.25 — — —
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Lady of the Sea General Hospital lowest Cut Off, LA · (985) 632-6401 COVID 19 94500-6 $180.25 $180.25 $30.79–$126.18 — —
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Lady of the Sea General Hospital lowest Cut Off, LA · (985) 632-6401 COVID 19 ABBOTT $180.25 $180.25 $30.79–$126.18 — —
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Lady of the Sea General Hospital lowest Cut Off, LA · (985) 632-6401 COVID 19 PCR LOSGH $180.25 $180.25 $30.79–$126.18 — —
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Lady of the Sea General Hospital lowest Cut Off, LA · (985) 632-6401 .CLINIC COVID 19 TESTING $180.25 $180.25 $30.79–$126.18 — —
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Outpatient: lowest $180.25, median $180.25, highest $180.25.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $180.25. 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 is the lab (PCR or similar amplification) test for the virus that causes COVID-19. It is more sensitive than a rapid antigen test and is often required before some procedures or travel.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test on a swab sample; the collection may be billed separately.