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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

Montana 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 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 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$15.49$14.79 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$17.38 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $16 to $132Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $28
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $20professional $15

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
$30.20
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$74.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$18.20

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 18th of 51

$16.98

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.