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

Georgia 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 Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$51.29$20.42 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$51.29 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $45 to $1,288Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $13 to $102
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $56professional $51

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
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$123.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$109.65
5 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
$21.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 29th 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.