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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

Georgia 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 October 2026.

How much does Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test cost?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.91$6.31 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$12.88 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $45Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$22.39
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$25.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$26.92
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.51

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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.

Georgia· 38th of 51

$11.22

VT $129MD $9.55

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.