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

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS U0004

2019-nCoV coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV (COVID-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-CDC, making use of high throughput technologies as described by CMS-2020-01-R

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Test, Non-CDC, High Throughput cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 4 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$166$77.62 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$200 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $182 to $339Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $71 to $245
$100$200facility $204professional $166

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 97.7 times more in New Jersey than in South Carolina. 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.

Wisconsin· 4th of 33

$204

NJ $2,951SC $30.20

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.