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

Texas 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?

$112

Typical facility fee. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $112.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $21 to $56Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $112 to $112
$20$50$100facility $56professional $112

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 3rd of 36

$112

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.