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

Minnesota 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $102 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 6 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$53.70$51.29 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$51.29 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $51 to $380Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $51 to $72
$50$100$200$500facility $102professional $54

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
$51.29
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$67.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$380.19
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$112.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$53.70

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.