Gonorrhea test cost in California

In California, 200 hospitals publish a cash price for gonorrhea test by nucleic acid amplification (NAAT, PCR-type): from $10.00 to $511.00, with a median of $59.74. The lowest price is at Anaheim Global Medical Center (Anaheim) and 6 other hospitals. The highest price is 51.1× the lowest.

• The median here, $59.74, is 39% below the US median of $97.55.
• That is 1.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($35.09).
• California ranks 4th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
• 63 of 200 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 87591. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map