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COVID-19 Specimen Collection

Wisconsin 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 July 2026.

How much does COVID-19 Specimen Collection cost?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$42.66$27.54 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$64.57 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $56 to $105Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $23 to $65
$10$20$50$100facility $66professional $43

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$72.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 478.6 times more in New Jersey 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.

Wisconsin· 11th of 33

$47.86

NJ $8,913FL $18.62

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.