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

Arizona 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 5 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$36.31$36.31 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$36.31 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $25 to $126Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $15 to $145
$20$50$100facility $55professional $36

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
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$34.67

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 18th of 51

$36.31

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.