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Gonorrhea test (DNA) in Los Angeles, CA costs $4 to $346. Here's every hospital's price.

42 hospitals in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area publish a cash price for gonorrhea test (dna) (CPT 87591). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, 42 hospitals list a cash price for gonorrhea test (dna) (CPT 87591). The lowest is $4 at UCI Health-Lakewood, the median is $35 and the highest is $346 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 96 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Los Angeles, CA median of $35 is 56% below the national median of $80 across 1558 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

45 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $3 to $14,761. 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 November 2025 and September 2026. 55 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.

$4
lowest cash price in Los Angeles, CA
UCI Health-Lakewood · 17 mi
$31 below the median
$35
median cash price
42 hospitals
96×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
42/100
hospitals with a cash price
55 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
UCI Health-Lakewood

Lakewood · 17 mi · File Apr 2026

$4
list $9
2
UCI Health - Fountain Valley

Fountain Valley · 31 mi · File Apr 2026

$4
list $10 · lowest of 2 lines
3
UCI Health-Orange

Orange · 28 mi · File Apr 2026

$5
list $13 · lowest of 7 lines
4
Providence St. Joseph Hospital

Orange · 29 mi · File Apr 2026

$6
list $13 · lowest of 38 lines
5
Providence St. Jude Medical Center

Fullerton · 21 mi · File Apr 2026

$6
list $13 · lowest of 9 lines
6
Providence Mission Hospital

Mission Viejo · 48 mi · File Apr 2026

$6
list $13 · lowest of 8 lines
7
Community Hospital of Huntington Park

Huntington Park · 9 mi · File Feb 2026

$8
list $8 · lowest of 10 lines
8
Memorial Hospital of Gardena

Gardena · 16 mi · File Feb 2026

$8
list $8 · lowest of 20 lines
9
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital

Los Angeles · 6 mi · File Feb 2026

$8
list $8 · lowest of 10 lines
10
Coast Plaza Hospital

Norwalk · 14 mi · File Feb 2026

$8
list $8 · lowest of 20 lines
11
Anaheim Global Medical Center

Anaheim · 25 mi · File Jun 2026

$10
list $10 · lowest of 60 lines
12
Chapman Global Medical Center

Orange · 30 mi · File May 2026

$10
list $10 · lowest of 30 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 87591. 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 87591, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About gonorrhea test (dna)

CPT 87591 is a nucleic-acid amplification test for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the standard test for gonorrhea, done on urine or a swab. It is almost always run together with the chlamydia test (87491) from the same sample. Results take one to three days.

What the price covers

The laboratory test only. Chlamydia (87491) is a separate code and charge, and the visit or specimen collection is billed separately. Some laboratories bill a combined code (87801) instead of the two singly.

Why prices vary

Hospital cash prices for this test range from around $30 to several hundred dollars. Public health clinics, sexual health clinics and direct-to-consumer lab services are typically far cheaper, and testing is free in many counties.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 87591 plus 87491 together?
  • Is the specimen collection or visit billed on top?
  • Is free or low-cost testing available at a public clinic nearby?

Hospitals in Los Angeles, CA without a price for this procedure

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

Questions people ask