Cost Impact of Chinese Flu

“Anyone know what the COVID-19 (Chinese Flu) Medicare CPT codes U0001 and U0002 Medicare payment rates are?” – Bill Rusteberg

“Bill, it’s our understanding those are old codes and fees.  They have been updated and there are new fees.  We’re trying to get confirmation, but it looks like Medicare will pay $305 for the test.  We’ve heard hospitals will charge anywhere from $900-$3,000”Physician

“Wow our TPA is already seeing cost of test between $2,000 and $3,600. We did decide to go ahead and cover testing under preventative so it is free for employees with our insuranceHR Director

Our director of health services seem to think the test will run $295″HR Director

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