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COVID-19 Specimen Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

Minnesota rates for HCPCS G2024

Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (coronavirus disease [COVID-19]) from an individual in a SNF or by a laboratory on behalf of a HHA, any specimen source

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does COVID-19 Specimen Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency cost?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$25.70$25.70 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$53.70 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $35 to $191Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $26 to $32
$50$100$200facility $76professional $26

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
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$32.36
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$177.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Texas than in Utah. 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· 27th of 34

$25.70

TX $115UT $10.72

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.