Lab tests CPT 87635 Outpatient

COVID-19 PCR test cost in Staunton, VA

In Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for COVID-19 PCR test (SARS-CoV-2 lab test): from $69.00 to $69.00, with a median of $69.00. Across Virginia, the median is $59.40 at 36 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87635, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$69.00Augusta Health
Median$69.00half pay less
Highest$69.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA.

median
Lowest $69.00Highest $72.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Augusta Health lowest Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Mic-Covid-19 Pcr $69.00 $138.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Augusta Health Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Ser-Covid-19 Pcr $72.50 $145.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Augusta Health Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 S-Covid-19 Abbott Id Now $72.50 $145.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $69.00, median $69.00, highest $69.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $69.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.