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COVID-19 Specimen Collection

California rates for HCPCS G2023

Specimen collection for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), any specimen source

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does COVID-19 Specimen Collection cost?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $30.20 to $75.86.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $14 to $76
$10$20$50$100professional $72

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$85.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$77.62

Where California sits

The same service costs 1659.6 times more in North Carolina than in Washington. 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· 10th of 36

$72.44

NC $2,951WA $1.78

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.