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

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, 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 $51.29 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 $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$51.29 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $51 to $87Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $49 to $83
$50$100$200facility $51professional $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
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$52.48
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 24th 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.