₹300 and ₹500 for RT-PCR samples collected from home, the state health department said in a notification. The rapid antigen tests (RAT) will be done at ₹100, it added.

The rates for "conventional RT-PCR test wherein samples are collected by the government teams and collected from the collection sites by private sector labs as requisitioned by the districts or hospitals" have been fixed at ₹200.

The price for "conventional RT-PCR test wherein samples are collected by private lab teams for government and processed further at their lab" has been fixed at ₹300.

For RT-PCR tests wherein individual gives samples at labs for paid testing at their expenses, the price has been fixed at ₹300.

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