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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

Delaware rates for HCPCS 86787

This blood test checks for antibodies against the varicella-zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and, later in life, shingles. It is commonly used to confirm whether a person is immune, such as before starting a job in healthcare or when vaccination history is uncertain.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test cost?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $112 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$10.72 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$14.79 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $13 to $245Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $39
$10$20$50$100$200facility $112professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$23.99
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.20

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in West Virginia than in Tennessee. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Delaware· 10th of 51

$23.99

WV $70.79TN $11.48

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.