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

Connecticut 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$35.48$26.30 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$51.29 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $39 to $129Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $26 to $59
$20$50$100facility $66professional $35

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
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$66.07
2 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

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 16th of 51

$51.29

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.