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

Florida 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 Florida, 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 $45.71 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 8 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$45.71$36.31 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $32 to $145Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $29 to $105
$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $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
$32.36
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$173.78
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$31.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$47.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$36.31

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 17th 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.