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

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $72.44 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$36.31$36.31 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$36.31 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $36 to $263Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $29 to $40
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $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
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$47.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$263.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$77.62

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 21st 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.