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

Illinois 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 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 $64.57 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 7 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 $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$51.29 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $51 to $148Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $3 to $69
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $65professional $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
$64.57
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$77.62

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 43rd of 51

$51.29

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.