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

Idaho 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 Idaho, 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 $52.48 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$51.29$43.65 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$51.29 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $51 to $145Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $21 to $78
$20$50$100facility $52professional $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
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$100.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$53.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$102.33
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$81.28
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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$61.66

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 18th 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.