Table 1. . Labor and financial costs of COVID-19 testing.
| Costs |
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|---|---|---|
| Type of test | Cost/test | Cost/25,000 tests |
| Commercial clinical diagnostic (individual test) | $150.00 | $3,750,000.00 |
| Academic lab clinical diagnostic (individual test) | $21.76 | $544,043.00 |
| Academic lab clinical diagnostic (pooled with eight others) | $5.94 | $148,551.50 |
| Academic lab savings | $3,205,957.00 | |
| Pooled savings: | $395,491.50 | |
| Total savings: | $3,601,448.50 |
|
Labor |
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|---|---|---|
| Type of test | Labor h/25,000 tests | |
| Commercial clinical diagnostic (individual test) | 687.5 | |
| Academic lab clinical diagnostic (individual test) | 2937.5 | |
| Academic lab clinical diagnostic (pooled with eight others) | 1625.0 | |