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COVID-19 Specimen Collection

Minnesota 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.44$23.44 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$48.98 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $23 to $174Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $30
$20$50$100$200facility $69professional $23

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$165.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 23rd of 36

$23.44

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.