Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
*HC SPECIMEN COLLECTION SARS-COV-2 COVID-19, ANY SPECIMEN SOURCE, HOSPITAL OP CLINIC VISIT
Lafayette, LA
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University Hospital & Clinics, Inc.’s median price of $26 is 32% below the median hospital's median price ($38), higher than 35% of the 527 hospitals reporting HCPCS C9803. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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