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

Iowa 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $141 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$30.90 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$69.18 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $51 to $2,754Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $31 to $186
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $141professional $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
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$67.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,548.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$104.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
1 more rate 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
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$61.66

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.