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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

Nebraska 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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$19.05$8.51 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$25.70 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $19 to $129Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $85
$10$20$50$100$200facility $43professional $19

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
$24.55
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$85.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$22.39
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$24.55

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$28.84

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.