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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Test Add-On, Within 2 Days

Minnesota rates for HCPCS U0005

Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), amplified probe technique, CDC or non-CDC, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either HCPCS code U0003 or U0004) as described by CMS-2020-01-R2

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Test Add-On, Within 2 Days cost?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25.12$25.12 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$56.23 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $45 to $186Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $25 to $32
$50$100$200facility $74professional $25

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Georgia than in Utah. 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.

Minnesota· 19th of 36

$25.70

GA $123UT $10.47

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.