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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

Missouri 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.59$7.76 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$16.22 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $12 to $525Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $27
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $22professional $13

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
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$27.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.38
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
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.95

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 18th of 51

$15.49

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.