Lab tests CPT 87635 Outpatient

COVID-19 PCR test cost in Winfield, AL

In Winfield, AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for COVID-19 PCR test (SARS-CoV-2 lab test): from $86.02 to $86.02, with a median of $86.02. Across Alabama, the median is $55.00 at 35 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$86.02Marion Regional Health Winfield
Median$86.02half pay less
Highest$86.02in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Marion Regional Health Winfield Winfield, AL CORONAVIRUS 2 NUCLEIC ACID TEST $86.02 $286.76 — 70% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $86.02, median $86.02, highest $86.02.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $86.02. 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87635 ($92.40). 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.

Marion Regional Health Winfield Winfield, ALSARA-COV19 INFECT AGENT HIGH TP TECH $8.55 file