COVID-19 PCR test cost in Minnesota

In Minnesota, 79 hospitals publish a cash price for COVID-19 PCR test (SARS-CoV-2 lab test): from $16.47 to $306.00, with a median of $119.46. The lowest price is at St. Francis Medical Center (Breckenridge). The highest price is 18.6× the lowest.

• The median here, $119.46, is 21% above the US median of $98.92.
• That is 2.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($51.31).
• Minnesota ranks 36th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
• 4 of 79 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. §144.589): a hospital may not charge an uninsured patient whose household income is under $125,000 more than the lowest amount it would be paid for the same service by a private insurer, counting the insured patient's share. If the cash price below is higher, ask the billing office to apply this limit. Each hospital's page here shows the range of insurer rates in its own file (the "Insurers pay" column), a starting point when you ask. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 87635. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map