Tianjin has lowered the prices for nucleic acid testing at public medical institutions.
Starting on June 25, the price for each test went down from 180 yuan to a ceiling of 120 yuan at all of the city's public medical institutions, antibody body went down from 60RMB to 43RMB per item.
These medical institutions are allowed to further lower their prices for testing.
Non-public medical institutions involved with public health insurance programs are required to lower the prices to the same level, too, for people who are covered by such programs.
Other non-public medical institutions are allowed to set their testing prices according to the market, but they must follow national and municipal regulations.