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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 July 2026.

How much does Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test cost?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 8 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$11.75$9.55 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$14.45 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $98Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $20professional $12

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
$10.23
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$26.30
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$27.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$47.86
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$13.49

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.