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Gonorrhea test (DNA) in Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD costs $22 to $719. Here's every hospital's price.

19 hospitals in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, 19 hospitals list a cash price for gonorrhea test (dna) (CPT 87591). The lowest is $22 at Bryn Mawr Hospital, the median is $60 and the highest is $719 at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The most expensive hospital lists 33 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD median of $60 is 13% below the national median of $69 across 549 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

24 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $12 to $1,488. 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 September 2025 and September 2026. 27 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.

$22
lowest cash price in Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Bryn Mawr Hospital · 9 mi
$38 below the median
$60
median cash price
19 hospitals
33×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
19/51
hospitals with a cash price
27 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Bryn Mawr Hospital

Bryn Mawr · 9 mi · File Apr 2026

$22
list $55 · lowest of 16 lines
2
Lower Bucks Hospital

Bristol · 28 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $178
3
Roxborough Memorial Hospital

Philadelphia · 11 mi · File Sep 2026

$35
list $242 · lowest of 3 lines
4
Jefferson Stratford Hospital

Stratford · 17 mi · File Mar 2026

$40
list $35 · lowest of 4 lines
5
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

Lansdale · 25 mi · File Mar 2026

$40
list $35 · lowest of 4 lines
6
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

Philadelphia · 13 mi · File Dec 2025

$40
· lowest of 2 lines
7
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia · 9 mi · File Mar 2026

$40
list $35 · lowest of 4 lines
8
Jefferson Abington Hospital

Abington · 18 mi · File Mar 2026

$40
list $35 · lowest of 6 lines
9
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

East Norriton · 18 mi · File Dec 2025

$40
· lowest of 2 lines
10
Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

Wilmington · 15 mi · File Mar 2026

$59
list $59 · lowest of 15 lines
11
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

Camden · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$60
list $600 · lowest of 2 lines
12
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital

Mount Holly · 28 mi · File Apr 2026

$60
list $600
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 Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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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