diff --git a/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts b/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts
index 998c7ab8203d..3b6b2e8933de 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ import { getEventDescription, logger, stringMatchesSomePattern } from '@sentry/u
 // this is the result of a script being pulled in from an external domain and CORS.
 const DEFAULT_IGNORE_ERRORS = [/^Script error\.?$/, /^Javascript error: Script error\.? on line 0$/];
 
+const DEFAULT_IGNORE_TRANSACTIONS = [
+  /^.*healthcheck.*$/,
+  /^.*healthy.*$/,
+  /^.*live.*$/,
+  /^.*ready.*$/,
+  /^.*heartbeat.*$/,
+  /^.*\/health$/,
+  /^.*\/healthz$/,
+];
+
 /** Options for the InboundFilters integration */
 export interface InboundFiltersOptions {
   allowUrls: Array<string | RegExp>;
@@ -12,6 +22,8 @@ export interface InboundFiltersOptions {
   ignoreErrors: Array<string | RegExp>;
   ignoreTransactions: Array<string | RegExp>;
   ignoreInternal: boolean;
+  disableErrorDefaults: boolean;
+  disableTransactionDefaults: boolean;
 }
 
 /** Inbound filters configurable by the user */
@@ -62,9 +74,13 @@ export function _mergeOptions(
     ignoreErrors: [
       ...(internalOptions.ignoreErrors || []),
       ...(clientOptions.ignoreErrors || []),
-      ...DEFAULT_IGNORE_ERRORS,
+      ...(internalOptions.disableErrorDefaults ? [] : DEFAULT_IGNORE_ERRORS),
+    ],
+    ignoreTransactions: [
+      ...(internalOptions.ignoreTransactions || []),
+      ...(clientOptions.ignoreTransactions || []),
+      ...(internalOptions.disableTransactionDefaults ? [] : DEFAULT_IGNORE_TRANSACTIONS),
     ],
-    ignoreTransactions: [...(internalOptions.ignoreTransactions || []), ...(clientOptions.ignoreTransactions || [])],
     ignoreInternal: internalOptions.ignoreInternal !== undefined ? internalOptions.ignoreInternal : true,
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/integrations/inboundfilters.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/integrations/inboundfilters.test.ts
index a528d765bfeb..88ab23f65909 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/integrations/inboundfilters.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/integrations/inboundfilters.test.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,21 @@ const TRANSACTION_EVENT_3: Event = {
   type: 'transaction',
 };
 
+const TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH: Event = {
+  transaction: 'GET /health',
+  type: 'transaction',
+};
+
+const TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH_2: Event = {
+  transaction: 'GET /healthy',
+  type: 'transaction',
+};
+
+const TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH_3: Event = {
+  transaction: 'GET /live',
+  type: 'transaction',
+};
+
 describe('InboundFilters', () => {
   describe('_isSentryError', () => {
     it('should work as expected', () => {
@@ -372,7 +387,28 @@ describe('InboundFilters', () => {
 
     it('uses default filters', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor();
+      expect(eventProcessor(SCRIPT_ERROR_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(TRANSACTION_EVENT, {})).toBe(TRANSACTION_EVENT);
+      expect(eventProcessor(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH, {})).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH_2, {})).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH_3, {})).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it('disable default error filters', () => {
+      const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({ disableErrorDefaults: true });
+      expect(eventProcessor(SCRIPT_ERROR_EVENT, {})).toBe(SCRIPT_ERROR_EVENT);
+      expect(eventProcessor(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH, {})).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH_2, {})).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH_3, {})).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it('disable default transaction filters', () => {
+      const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({ disableTransactionDefaults: true });
+      expect(eventProcessor(SCRIPT_ERROR_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
       expect(eventProcessor(TRANSACTION_EVENT, {})).toBe(TRANSACTION_EVENT);
+      expect(eventProcessor(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH, {})).toBe(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH);
+      expect(eventProcessor(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH_2, {})).toBe(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH_2);
+      expect(eventProcessor(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH_3, {})).toBe(TRANSACTION_EVENT_HEALTH_3);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/test/integration/test/client/tracingPageLoad.test.ts b/packages/nextjs/test/integration/test/client/tracingPageLoad.test.ts
index 028c8b2d7998..dc0f76d67644 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/test/integration/test/client/tracingPageLoad.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/test/integration/test/client/tracingPageLoad.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Transaction } from '@sentry/types';
 
 test('should report a `pageload` transaction', async ({ page }) => {
   const transaction = await getMultipleSentryEnvelopeRequests<Transaction>(page, 1, {
-    url: '/healthy',
+    url: '/testy',
     envelopeType: 'transaction',
   });
 
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ test('should report a `pageload` transaction', async ({ page }) => {
     },
   });
 
-  expect(await countEnvelopes(page, { url: '/healthy', envelopeType: 'transaction', timeout: 4000 })).toBe(1);
+  expect(await countEnvelopes(page, { url: '/testy', envelopeType: 'transaction', timeout: 4000 })).toBe(1);
 });