Lab tests CPT 87661 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Trichomoniasis test cost in San Francisco, CA — inpatient

In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for trichomonas test (NAAT) as an inpatient: from $18.42 to $99.68, with a median of $99.68. The lowest listed price is at Hayward Sisters Hospital — $81.26 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $99.68 at 74 hospitals.

Cash prices at 10 facilities across 10 cities for code 87661, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 23, 2026 and Feb 23, 2026.

Lowest$18.42Hayward Sisters Hospital
Median$99.68half pay less
Highest$99.68in this market
Difference5.4×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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.

median
Lowest $18.42Highest $99.68

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hayward Sisters Hospital lowest Hayward, CA · (510) 782-6200 LC-TRICHOMON VAG AMP PRB $18.42 $61.40 $42.98–$47.28 70% Feb 23, 2026
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Hayward Sisters Hospital Hayward, CA · (510) 782-6200 LC-TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS AMPLI $30.54 $101.80 $71.26–$78.39 70% Feb 23, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 IADNA TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TECH $99.68 $178.00 $32.00–$100.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 IADNA TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TECH $99.68 $178.00 $32.00–$100.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 IADNA TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TECH $99.68 $178.00 $32.00–$100.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 IADNA TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TECH $99.68 $178.00 $32.00–$100.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 IADNA TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TECH $99.68 $178.00 $32.00–$100.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 IADNA TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TECH $99.68 $178.00 $32.00–$100.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 IADNA TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TECH $99.68 $178.00 $32.00–$100.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 IADNA TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TECH $99.68 $178.00 $32.00–$100.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 IADNA TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS AMPLIFIED PROBE TECH $99.68 $178.00 $32.00–$100.00 44% —
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Inpatient: lowest $18.42, median $99.68, highest $99.68 — a 5.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $99.68 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 10 of 10 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 detects Trichomonas vaginalis, a common and curable sexually transmitted parasite, in a swab or urine sample.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test on a swab or urine sample.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87661 ($98.50). 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.

Hayward Sisters Hospital Hayward, CALC-TRICHOMONAS VAG AMP PROBE $8.98 file