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CDC COVID-19 Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel

Alaska rates for HCPCS U0001

CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does CDC COVID-19 Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel cost?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 6 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$39.81$36.31 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$36.31 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $36 to $251Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $36 to $141
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $126professional $40

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$162.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$107.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Alaska than in Oregon. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$72.44

AK $72.44OR $36.31

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.