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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

Maryland 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 Maryland, 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 $50.12 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$10.72 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$15.49 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $10 to $105Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $17
$10$20$50$100facility $50professional $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
$9.55
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.85
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$31.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$19.50

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th 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.