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

Oregon 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 Oregon, 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 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 $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$36.31 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $36 to $100Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $36 to $50
$20$50$100facility $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
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$102.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$42.66

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 51st 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.