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

Washington, DC 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 Washington, DC, 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 $36.31 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$36.31$36.31 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $36 to $72Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $29 to $36
$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $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
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$41.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$36.31

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 15th 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.