Compare Your Testing Options

Campus-based

• No limit 

• Only for employees & students 

• May be free or through a nearby health provider (See Safe U for more information)

University health plan 
Prime Therapeutics administers the program for medical plan members

• 8 tests for every plan member every 30 days

• Prime Therapeutics card needed

• Cannot be used for employer-required workplace testing

• Up to $12 per test is covered by the medical plan 

• Can pay out-of-pocket and submit for a reimbursement

• May be able to buy at a participating pharmacy counter with your Prime card 

U Market tests 
Purchased by colleges or units

• Only for workplace testing of employees with an approved vaccine exemption

$0

State and community testing sites
Minnesota Department of Health ship tests to the home

• No limit 

• Open to everyone

$0

One-time free tests from the federal government
USPS ships tests to the home

• 4 individual rapid antigen tests per household

• One-time option

$0

Buy your own test

• No limit 

• Open to everyone

• Employees must pay all costs

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA) money can be used