Depending on the circumstances, we may bill you directly or bill your insurance carrier. Regardless of who receives the bill, your insurance carrier is required by law to cover the full cost of your test and its administration as long as you received the test based on an individualized clinical assessment from a licensed or authorized health care provider. Contact your insurance carrier if you have questions about your coverage. If you do not have insurance you will be required to pay for the test(s) at the time of service.

$55.00 – Covid-19 Antigen Test (Rapid)

Results in 15 minutes, results post to your patient portal in 60 minutes.

$100.00 – Covid-19 rt-PCR Test

Same day results available, results post to your patient portal within 24 hours of sample collection.

$400.00 – Covid-19 rt-PCR Emergency Test (includes screening exam and evaluation) 

Results in 60 minutes, results post to your patient portal in 60 minutes.

$80.00- COVID ANTIBODY TEST

Results in 30 minutes, results post to your patient portal in 30 minutes.

$100.00-COVID Screening exam and evaluation 

PLEASE NOTE: Previously, the US Government allocated funds for individuals without insurance, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, and the provider could bill the Illinois HFS COVID or the federal HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program. The HRSA fund was depleted effective March 22, 2022 @11:59 pm. Loop Medical Center will charge any uninsured patients the cash rates listed above.

For contact tracing and/or insurance purposes, no matter if your insurance covers the test or you pay out of pocket, please present the following documents:

1. Medical Insurance, if covered (physical card or image of card)
2. Valid Government Photo ID (i.e. Drivers License, Passport or a Government-Issued ID Card)
   1. Minors are required to have any reasonable documentation and parent/guardian presence is required

We offer sample collection via nose, cheek (buccal), or spit (saliva). All tests are NAAT rt-PCR tests processed onsite within our CLIA / COLA certified laboratory.

The highest level of evidence for test sensitivity, specificity and accuracy will always be via Nasopharyngeal swab. This test can be very uncomfortable, therefore CDC released it as a surrogate: a self-administered Anterior Nasal test now widely performed throughout the world. This test extrapolates similar sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy as the uncomfortable and the dreaded “tickle your brain” Nasopharyngeal swab.

Doctors, nurses, and medical assistants at Loop Medical Center will always perform Anterior Nasal Swab as a surrogate of Nasopharyngeal swab. If you require a buccal or saliva test, please request this at the time of your appointment.

Loop Medical Center continuously updates its practice based on Centers for Disease Control (CDC) testing standards. Please refer to the Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) for details.

By default, rt-PCR Anterior Nasal swab is a self administered test.
rt-PCR Nasopharyngeal swab is by request, please ask on site.
rt-PCR Saliva is by request, please ask on site.
rt-PCR Buccal swab is by request, please ask on site.

Results in 15 minutes, results post to your patient portal in 60 minutes.

Yes, if you have it and have verified your own coverage. We will bill your insurance If you have insurance and opt to not provide it, you will be at risk for an audit through your insurance company.

We vaccinate and boost children and adults per FDA/CDC guidelines. For mobile vaccinations for  groups larger than 25  please email [email protected] for details.

Yes per FDA/CDC guidelines, any age.