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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 July 2026.

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

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $138 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$51.29$51.29 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$51.29 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $51 to $1,259Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $51 to $158
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $138professional $51

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
$51.29
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$173.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,548.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$128.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in West Virginia than in Delaware. 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· 4th of 51

$64.57

WV $112DE $51.29

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.