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Gonorrhea test (DNA) in San Francisco, CA costs $4 to $259. Here's every hospital's price.

7 hospitals in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, 7 hospitals list a cash price for gonorrhea test (dna) (CPT 87591). The lowest is $4 at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, the median is $155 and the highest is $259 at Chinese Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 66 times the cheapest for the same code.

The San Francisco, CA median of $155 is 123% above the national median of $69 across 559 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

6 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $28 to $466. 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 2026 and July 2026. 31 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 San Francisco, CA
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland · 4 mi
$151 below the median
$155
median cash price
7 hospitals
66×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
7/38
hospitals with a cash price
31 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Oakland · 4 mi · File Apr 2026

$4
list $13 · lowest of 9 lines
2
Washington Hospital

Fremont · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$37
list $48 · lowest of 56 lines
3
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

Pleasanton · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$127
list $318 · lowest of 4 lines
4
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco

South San Francisco · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$155
list $276 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont

Fremont · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$155
list $276 · lowest of 2 lines
6
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

Antioch · 30 mi · File Apr 2026

$155
list $276 · lowest of 6 lines
7
Chinese Hospital

San Francisco · 7 mi · File Jul 2026

$259
list $259
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 San Francisco, 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