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

Montana 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 Montana, 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 $69.18 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 5 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 $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$64.57 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $51 to $219Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $35 to $78
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $69professional $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
$70.79
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77,624.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$154.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$154.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$51.29

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 26th 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.