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

Iowa 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 Iowa, 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 $42.66 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 $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$36.31 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $36 to $135Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $21 to $158
$20$50$100facility $43professional $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
$56.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$46.77
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$123.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$91.20
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 41st 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.