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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests

6/26/2020

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​Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers a test to see if you have coronavirus (officially called coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19). 
Your costs in Original Medicare
You pay nothing for this test when you get it from a laboratory, pharmacy, doctor, or hospital, and when Medicare covers this test in your local area.

What it is
Tests done to help your health care provider diagnose or rule out COVID-19. In some circumstances, a home health nurse, laboratory technician, or an appropriately-trained medical assistant may collect your specimen in your home for this test.

Things to know

​Note

Medicare Advantage Plans can’t charge copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for clinical lab tests to detect or diagnose COVID-19.

- When tests are available for you in your state, Medicare covers and you pay nothing for:
  • Tests to diagnose or aid the diagnosis of COVID-19
  • Some tests for related respiratory conditions to aid diagnosis of COVID-19 done together with the COVID-19 test
- Medicare covers these tests at different locations, including some “parking lot” test sites.
- Medicare also covers COVID-19 antibody tests.

Source: https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-tests
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