9 FDA-Authorized COVID-19 Tests You Can Take At Home

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Results: After collecting your nasal swab sample, you’ll follow the product instructions to place your sample on the test device. Then your test results will be available in about 15 minutes. They’re displayed on your phone via dedicated app (the testing kit itself is Bluetooth enabled).

Price: $30, ellumehealth.com, expected to be available starting in January 2021

3. Abbott BinaxNOW Ag Card Home Test

Availability: Abbott’s BinaxNOW test first received FDA authorization back in August, and then got authorized for home use in mid-December. These tests are currently being distributed to local health departments across the U.S. The company anticipates sending out 30 million BinaxNOW tests in the first quarter of 2021 and another 90 million in the second quarter. They’re available with a prescription only.

Results: This test is administered entirely at home with a self-collected nasal swab and gives users results within 15 minutes. The test is paired with a free app called NAVICA, which displays your results. The app also gives you a temporary digital “NAVICA pass” that’s designed to be used like an airline boarding pass. When scanned, it will display your results.

Price: $25, abbott.com (prescription only)

Lab tests

4. Pixel by LabCorp

Availability: This test is available online with or without a prescription, SELF explained previously. To get it, you’ll first have to fill out a survey to make sure you meet the criteria for eligibility for the test (meaning you either have COVID-19 symptoms or have been directed to take the test by a doctor or contact tracer due to possible exposure).

Results: You’ll get your results a day or two after the lab receives your sample (a self-collected nasal swab). If your results are positive or inconclusive, a health care provider will call you to deliver the results. But if they’re negative, you’ll just get an email.

Price: $119 out of pocket, but LabCorp can also work with you to bill your health insurance or use federal funds to cover the cost of your test if you don’t have insurance, pixel.labcorp.com

5. LetsGetChecked Coronavirus Test

Availability: You can buy this nasal swab test kit online without a prescription after filling out a short online assessment. The test is only available to people who have mild symptoms or were exposed to COVID-19. You’ll have to mail your sample to a lab in order to get your results.

Results: After the lab receives your sample, you can expect to get results within 72 hours.

Price: $119, letsgetchecked.com

6. Picture by Fulgent Genetics

Availability: To order this test online, you’ll first have to go through an assessment with an independent health care professional to determine if you’re eligible. You will then have to mail your sample—a self-collected nasal swab—to a lab to get results.

Results: Most people can get their results 48 hours after the lab receives their sample.

Price: $119, picturegenetics.com

7. P23 Labs TaqPath SARS-CoV-2 Assay

Availability: Tests from Binx Health, Costco, and Everlywell take advantage of this P23 test, which works with nasal swabs and saliva samples depending on the exact test kit you’re using. But you’ll first need to take a short online health intake survey to assess whether or not you’re eligible to receive the test.

Results: You need to mail your sample to a lab before getting results. Available 12–48 hours after the lab receives your sample, depending on which test you’re using.

Price: $99, app.mybinxhealth.com (nasal swab), $109, everlywell.com (nasal swab), $140, costco.com (saliva test, as AZOVA)

8. RUCDR Infinite Biologics

Availability: This saliva test, developed by a team at Rutgers Human Genetics Institute, is available online in the form of a few different tests available on different sites (after completing a quick health assessment).

Results: The exact procedure for this test may be slightly different depending on where you order it from. But your results should generally be available within 72 hours of the lab receiving your sample.

Price: $150, forhers.com; $119, vaulthealth.com; $117, vitagene.com

9. Phosphorous COVID-19 At-Home RT-qPCR Test

Availability: After ordering your test, you’ll receive an email containing an online medical screening. Once that’s complete, your test kit will ship out to you. Then you’ll collect your nasal swab sample and mail it to their lab facility.

Results: Results are generally available about 72 hours after the lab receives your test sample.

Price: $140, phosphorus-c19-pcr.com

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