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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 8 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$11.75$10.72 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$21.38 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $10 to $100Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $32
$5$10$20$50$100facility $65professional $12

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
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.20
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 17th 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.