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

New Mexico 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $269 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$41.69$21.38 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$95.50 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $51 to $427Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $21 to $68
$20$50$100$200$500facility $269professional $42

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
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.90
1 more rate 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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 41st of 51

$51.29

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.