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Procedure price report · Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology)

Culture for chlamydia

CPT 87110the billing code this page is about

A cell culture of a specimen from any body site to grow and detect chlamydia bacteria.

Hospitals typically charge $84 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,217 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $89. Most fall between $35 and $181 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,217
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,217 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$22$41$84$152$254

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($22 vs $254).

How the prices are spread

$14 – $20: 91 hospitals$14$20 – $29: 127 hospitals$29 – $41: 235 hospitals$29$41 – $58: 244 hospitals$58 – $83: 282 hospitals$58$83 – $117: 357 hospitals$117 – $167: 289 hospitals$117$167 – $236: 193 hospitals$236 – $335: 133 hospitals$236$335 – $476: 56 hospitals$335median $84price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,007 of 2,217 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$14$2091
$20$29127
$29$41235
$41$58244
$58$83282
$83$117357
$117$167289
$167$236193
$236$335133
$335$47656

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $84.

Alaska: median $117 across 11 hospitalsAK$117Maine: median $54 across 19 hospitalsME$54Vermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $133 across 12 hospitalsNH$133Washington: median $122 across 53 hospitalsWA$122Idaho: median $60 across 13 hospitalsID$60Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $35 across 12 hospitalsND$35Minnesota: median $67 across 36 hospitalsMN$67Illinois: median $113 across 99 hospitalsIL$113Wisconsin: median $80 across 76 hospitalsWI$80Michigan: median $39 across 56 hospitalsMI$39New York: median $54 across 91 hospitalsNY$54Massachusetts: median $89 across 38 hospitalsMA$89Oregon: median $60 across 28 hospitalsOR$60Nevada: median $52 across 12 hospitalsNV$52Wyoming: median $50 across 10 hospitalsWY$50South Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $43 across 29 hospitalsIA$43Indiana: median $59 across 84 hospitalsIN$59Ohio: median $96 across 117 hospitalsOH$96Pennsylvania: median $76 across 93 hospitalsPA$76New Jersey: median $23 across 47 hospitalsNJ$23Connecticut: median $66 across 14 hospitalsCT$66Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $33 across 105 hospitalsCA$33Utah: median $405 across 36 hospitalsUT$405Colorado: median $113 across 40 hospitalsCO$113Nebraska: median $103 across 34 hospitalsNE$103Missouri: median $84 across 50 hospitalsMO$84Kentucky: median $99 across 49 hospitalsKY$99West Virginia: median $65 across 21 hospitalsWV$65Virginia: median $65 across 61 hospitalsVA$65Maryland: median $84 across 35 hospitalsMD$84Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $142 across 35 hospitalsAZ$142New Mexico: median $109 across 14 hospitalsNM$109Kansas: median $90 across 26 hospitalsKS$90Arkansas: median $65 across 22 hospitalsAR$65Tennessee: median $74 across 63 hospitalsTN$74North Carolina: median $86 across 77 hospitalsNC$86South Carolina: median $120 across 46 hospitalsSC$120Oklahoma: median $95 across 49 hospitalsOK$95Louisiana: median $53 across 36 hospitalsLA$53Mississippi: median $53 across 37 hospitalsMS$53Alabama: median $45 across 21 hospitalsAL$45Georgia: median $85 across 72 hospitalsGA$85Hawaii: median $135 across 13 hospitalsHI$135Texas: median $129 across 187 hospitalsTX$129Florida: median $55 across 113 hospitalsFL$55
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $84. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT36$405+380%$127 – $476
Arizona AZ35$142+68%$26 – $202
Hawaii HI13$135+60%$115 – $261
New Hampshire NH12$133+58%$49 – $264
Texas TX187$129+54%$49 – $307
Washington WA53$122+44%$40 – $158
South Carolina SC46$120+43%$59 – $235
Alaska AK11$117+39%$59 – $207
Colorado CO40$113+34%$37 – $181
Illinois IL99$113+34%$63 – $259
New Mexico NM14$109+29%$66 – $199
Nebraska NE34$103+22%$66 – $208
Kentucky KY49$99+18%$38 – $246
Ohio OH117$96+14%$60 – $130
Oklahoma OK49$95+13%$51 – $176
Kansas KS26$90+7%$65 – $229
Massachusetts MA38$89+6%$48 – $181
North Carolina NC77$86+2%$52 – $161
Georgia GA72$85+1%$40 – $125
Maryland MD35$840%$65 – $99
Missouri MO50$840%$38 – $212
Wisconsin WI76$80−5%$65 – $120
Pennsylvania PA93$76−10%$23 – $236
Tennessee TN63$74−12%$34 – $161
Minnesota MN36$67−20%$34 – $148
Connecticut CT14$66−22%$55 – $108
Virginia VA61$65−22%$31 – $147
Arkansas AR22$65−22%$38 – $101
West Virginia WV21$65−22%$29 – $123
Idaho ID13$60−28%$33 – $159
Oregon OR28$60−28%$50 – $109
Indiana IN84$59−29%$35 – $126
Florida FL113$55−35%$12 – $186
Maine ME19$54−35%$32 – $158
New York NY91$54−36%$23 – $104
Mississippi MS37$53−37%$32 – $105
Louisiana LA36$53−38%$26 – $101
Nevada NV12$52−38%$36 – $185
Wyoming WY10$50−40%$30 – $95
Alabama AL21$45−47%$24 – $144
Iowa IA29$43−49%$39 – $93
Michigan MI56$39−54%$11 – $85
North Dakota ND12$35−58%$33 – $111
California CA105$33−61%$12 – $239
New Jersey NJ47$23−73%$20 – $204
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $84.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,748$82$33 – $185
Children’s42$74$30 – $164
Critical access419$93$45 – $176
Ownership
For-profit361$103$31 – $425
Government306$71$32 – $138
Non-profit1,542$83$36 – $166
System affiliation
Part of a system1,875$87$35 – $189
Independent342$76$30 – $143

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$145
Median cash price$84
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,533 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $91 and the average of the middle 60% is $94; most fall between $38 and $174.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,533 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$25$46$91$152$238

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($25 vs $238).

Of the 1,717 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,533 gave a usable cash price; 108 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 76 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,217 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (56%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,422 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,217
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here125
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded80
Hospitals that filed this code2,422

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CHLAMYDIA CULTURE.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Culture for chlamydia (CPT 87110) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-87110-culture-for-chlamydia