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

Nebraska 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 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.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$51.29$30.90 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$51.29 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $41 to $186Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $31 to $151
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $65professional $51

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
$51.29
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
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$151.36

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$54.95

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.