COVID-19 Testing Variation
Colorado All Payer Claims Database
January 2020 - July 2021, Commercial Payer and Patient Combined Payments
Testing Type Variation Rural Vs. Urban* Testing Price Variation*
Rural Range of testing prices from the 25th - 75th percentile
All Settings In- and Out-of-Network
$46
Emergency Room** In-Network
$69
$100
$114 Average per test
= Median allowed amount
Urban $11
Out-Of-Network
$84 Average
$88
$43 $45
per test
$173
$97
Provider Administered In-Network
$31
Out-Of-Network
$45
$57
Testing Type Variation
$51
$85
$122
Outpatient Facility** In-Network
$30
Out-Of-Network
$68 $62
$111 $96
665K Total Claims PCR Test
584K
$152
Antibody Test 49K * = PCR tests only ** Prices only reflect the payment associated with the test itself and do not include any facility fees or payments made for other services that may have been provided during the visit.
Antigen Test
5%
32K For more information or to view the full COVID-19 Testing Price Variation Data Byte, visit us at: www.civhc.org
7%
88%