CPT 87591 · 1,701 hospitals reporting

Detection test by nucleic acid for neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhoeae bacteria); amplified probe tec

The same procedure costs $50.36 at one hospital and $1,892 at another — a 38× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $116.

Cheapest published

$50.36

204 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,701 hospitals

$116

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$1,892

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

500 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$175	$116	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$273	$115	$177	$177	1 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$273	$115	$21.42	$191	5 insurers
RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$128	$115	—	—	1 insurers
OCH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MS	$180	$115	—	—	5 insurers
MAGNOLIA REGIONAL MEDICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$193	$116	—	—	2 insurers
SANFORD JACKSON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$145	$116	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$290	$116	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$290	$116	—	—	1 insurers
STEVENS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$155	$116	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE NEW ROCHELLE HOSPITAL	NY	$179	$116	—	—	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$291	$116	—	—	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$286	$114	—	—	1 insurers
EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$286	$114	—	—	0 insurers
DLP SWAIN COUNTY HOSPITAL LLC	NC	$286	$114	—	—	0 insurers
LEGENT ORTHOPEDIC + SPINE	TX	$229	$114	—	—	1 insurers
LEGENT ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL	TX	$229	$114	—	—	1 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$405	$117	$292	$304	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$405	$117	$35.09	$304	5 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$293	$114	—	—	0 insurers
STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$114	$114	—	—	5 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$142	$114	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$142	$114	$29.03	$142	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$142	$114	$29.03	$142	5 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$284	$114	—	—	0 insurers
FRIEND COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NE	$196	$118	—	—	5 insurers
FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$354	$113	$15.79	$319	5 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$169	$118	—	—	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$226	$113	—	—	2 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$169	$118	—	—	5 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$439	$113	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$439	$113	$26.46	$241	5 insurers
JENNIE M MELHAM MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$119	$119	—	—	1 insurers
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER VINELAND	NJ	$119	$119	—	—	3 insurers
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER MULLICA HILL	NJ	$119	$119	—	—	3 insurers
DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$173	$112	—	—	5 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$238	$119	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$238	$119	—	—	0 insurers
HIAWATHA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KS	$172	$112	$61.92	$163	5 insurers
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$199	$119	—	—	0 insurers