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

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, 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 $95.50 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$51.29$51.29 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$58.88 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $51 to $316Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $51 to $56
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $95professional $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
$87.10
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 50th 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.