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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 October 2026.

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

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 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 $74.13 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$53.70$51.29 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$51.29 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $51 to $269Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $26 to $110
$20$50$100$200$500facility $74professional $54

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
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$380.19
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$120.23
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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 13th of 51

$53.70

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.