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Chlamydia test (DNA) in New York, NY-NJ costs $32 to $373. Here's every hospital's price.

44 hospitals in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area publish a cash price for chlamydia test (dna) (CPT 87491). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, 44 hospitals list a cash price for chlamydia test (dna) (CPT 87491). The lowest is $32 at Valley Hospital, the median is $86 and the highest is $373 at Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus. The most expensive hospital lists 12 times the cheapest for the same code.

The New York, NY-NJ median of $86 is 9% above the national median of $79 across 1568 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

49 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $1 to $4,255. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between April 2025 and September 2026. 60 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$32
lowest cash price in New York, NY-NJ
Valley Hospital · 21 mi
$54 below the median
$86
median cash price
44 hospitals
12×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
44/110
hospitals with a cash price
60 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Valley Hospital

Paramus · 21 mi · File May 2026

$32
list $53 · lowest of 8 lines
2
St Mary's General Hospital

Passaic · 19 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $144
3
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus

Denville · 36 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $237 · lowest of 3 lines
4
Saint Michael's Medical Center

Newark · 19 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $494
5
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $147 · lowest of 3 lines
6
Jacobi Medical Center

Bronx · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $147 · lowest of 3 lines
7
Elmhurst Hospital Center

Elmhurst · 4 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $147 · lowest of 4 lines
8
South Brooklyn Health

Brooklyn · 13 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $147 · lowest of 2 lines
9
Metropolitan Hospital Center

New York · 8 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $147 · lowest of 4 lines
10
Kings County Hospital Center

Brooklyn · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $88 · lowest of 3 lines
11
Bellevue Hospital Center

New York · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $88 · lowest of 7 lines
12
Queens Hospital Center

Jamaica · 1 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $88 · lowest of 7 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 87491. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 87491, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About chlamydia test (dna)

CPT 87491 is a nucleic-acid amplification test for Chlamydia trachomatis, the standard and most accurate test for the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection. It uses a urine sample or a swab; results take one to three days. Routine screening is recommended yearly for sexually active women under 25 and for anyone with a new partner.

What the price covers

The laboratory test only. It is almost always ordered together with the gonorrhea test (87591), which is a separate code and a separate charge, and the visit or specimen collection is billed separately.

Why prices vary

Hospital cash prices for this single test range from around $30 to several hundred dollars. Public health clinics, Planned Parenthood, student health services and direct-to-consumer lab services usually offer combined chlamydia and gonorrhea testing for far less, sometimes free.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 87491, and for 87591 together?
  • Is there a collection or visit fee on top?
  • Is there a public-health or community clinic option nearby?

Hospitals in New York, NY-NJ without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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