COVID-19 PCR test cost in Myrtle Beach, SC
In Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC, 5 hospitals list a cash price for COVID-19 PCR test (SARS-CoV-2 lab test): from $106.00 to $212.00, with a median of $188.15. The lowest listed price is at Grand Strand Medical Center — $82.15 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $81.95 at 34 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 87635, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Strand Medical Center lowest Little River, SC COVID-19 DNA/RNA AMP | $106.00 | $106.00 | $19.08–$100.70 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| McLeod Health E Little River, SC HC CORONAVIRUS SARS COV-2 (COVID19 ID NOW) | $188.15 | $265.00 | $51.31–$310.15 | 29% | — source file |
| McLeod Health one side Loris, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC IADNA SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ - SARS-COV-2 RT PCR | $188.15 | $265.00 | $51.31–$310.15 | 29% | — source file |
| McLeod Health Loris, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC CORONAVIRUS SARS COV-2 (COVID19 ID NOW) | $188.15 | $265.00 | $51.31–$310.15 | 29% | — source file |
| McLeod Health one side E Little River, SC HC IADNA SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ - SARS-COV-2 RT PCR | $188.15 | $265.00 | $51.31–$310.15 | 29% | — source file |
| McLeod Health one side Myrtle Beach, SC HC IADNA SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ - SARS-COV-2 RT PCR | $188.15 | $265.00 | $51.31–$310.15 | 29% | — source file |
| McLeod Health Myrtle Beach, SC HC CORONAVIRUS SARS COV-2 (COVID19 ID NOW) | $188.15 | $265.00 | $51.31–$310.15 | 29% | — source file |
| Conway Medical Center Conway, SC · (843) 347-8037 SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) PCR | $212.00 | $212.00 | $38.16–$154.12 | — | — source file |
| Conway Medical Center Conway, SC · (843) 347-8037 SARS-CoV-2 RNA (COVID-19), QUALITATIVE NAAT (39448) | $212.00 | $212.00 | $38.16–$154.12 | — | — source file |
| Conway Medical Center Conway, SC · (843) 347-8037 SARS-CoV-2 RNA (COVID-19) and Respiratory Viral Panel, Qualitative NAAT - (31686) | $1,160.00 | $1,160.00 | $208.80–$843.32 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $106.00, median $188.15, highest $212.00 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $188.15. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 5 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This is the lab (PCR or similar amplification) test for the virus that causes COVID-19. It is more sensitive than a rapid antigen test and is often required before some procedures or travel.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test on a swab sample; the collection may be billed separately.