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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

Kansas 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 6 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$11.48$11.22 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$22.39 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $13 to $166Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $19
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $41professional $11

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
$13.80
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$22.91

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 39th of 51

$12.88

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.