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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

Kentucky 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$10.23 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$16.60 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $10 to $331Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $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
$10.47
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$17.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.20

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 44th of 51

$11.75

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.