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COVID-19 Specimen Collection, Hospital Outpatient

Minnesota rates for HCPCS C9803

Hospital outpatient clinic visit specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), any specimen source

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does COVID-19 Specimen Collection, Hospital Outpatient cost?

$23.44

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $22.91 to $30.90.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $58 to $162Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $31
$20$50$100$200facility $76professional $23

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$29.51
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$162.18
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 85.1 times more in Nebraska than in Florida. 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.

Minnesota· 21st of 50

$23.44

NE $1,950FL $22.91

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.