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Four-Target Respiratory Virus Panel

California rates for HCPCS 0241U

Checks one sample for four respiratory viruses at once — SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), influenza A, influenza B and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — by looking for each virus's genetic material. It reports which of the four are present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Four-Target Respiratory Virus Panel cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $501 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$158 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$501 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $288 to $501Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $68 to $1,072
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$575.44

Where California sits

The same service costs 120.2 times more in New Jersey than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 3rd of 48

$501

NJ $7,762AL $64.57

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.