COVID-19 PCR test cost in Oshkosh, WI
In Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, 5 hospitals list a cash price for COVID-19 PCR test (SARS-CoV-2 lab test): from $65.00 to $168.00, with a median of $121.55. The lowest listed price is at Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh — $56.55 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $132.88 at 80 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 2 cities for code 87635, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Mar 24, 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 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh lowest Oshkosh, WI · (920) 456-6000 POC COVID-19 PCR | $65.00 | $130.00 | $41.05–$174.97 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Ascension NE Wisconsin Oshkosh, WI HC COVID-19 TEST AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE - POC | $74.67 | $131.00 | $51.31–$70.81 | 43% | — source file |
| Ascension NE Wisconsin Oshkosh, WI HC COVID-19 TEST AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE | $74.67 | $131.00 | $51.31–$70.81 | 43% | — source file |
| Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI · (920) 456-6000 COVID-19 PCR | $87.50 | $175.00 | $41.05–$174.97 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Neenah, WI · (920) 969-7900 HBC FV INFECTIOUS AGENT DETEC BY NUCLEIC ACID (SARS-COV-2) | $121.55 | $221.00 | $154.70–$209.95 | 45% | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Neenah, WI · (920) 969-7900 HBC FV INFECTIOUS AGENT DETEC BY NUCLEIC ACID (SARS-COV-2) | $121.55 | $221.00 | $154.70–$209.95 | 45% | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah Neenah, WI · (920) 729-3100 INFECTIOUS AGENT DETEC BY NUCLEIC ACID (SARS-COV-2), AMPLIFIED PROBE | $168.00 | $300.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Oshkosh, WI INFECTIOUS AGENT DETEC BY NUCLEIC ACID (SARS-COV-2), AMPLIFIED PROBE | $168.00 | $300.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Neenah, WI · (920) 969-7900 HBC FV INFECTIOUS AGENT DETEC BY NUCLEIC ACID SARS-COV-2 AMPLIFIED PROBE | $276.24 | $502.25 | $351.58–$477.14 | 45% | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $65.00, median $121.55, highest $168.00 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $93.28. 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 2 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87635 ($103.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh Oshkosh, WICOVID-19 CDC | $10.00 | file |