Over the summer and up to September 25, NYT and others ran several articles on the sporadically very high cost of COVID testing. Entry point here.
Update worth noting. September 30, 2021, article by Kaiser Health News (KHN) Aneri Pattani, "A Covid Test Costing More Than a Tesla." Eeek.
https://khn.org/news/article/pricey-covid-test-costs-more-than-tesla-surprise-billing-texas/
See also links therein to NPR health news.
