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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Test, Non-CDC

Alabama rates for HCPCS U0002

2019-nCoV coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV (COVID-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-CDC

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Test, Non-CDC cost?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.90$25.70 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$39.81 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $40 to $51Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $21 to $51
$20$50$100facility $40professional $31

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
02 + 17 + 21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 34 + 41 + 49 + 52 · Reduced service + 55 · Aftercare only + 92 · Alternate lab platform
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Maine. 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$39.81

AK $102ME $33.11

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.