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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

New Jersey 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 7 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$10.00 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$21.38 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $14 to $155Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $15
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $47professional $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
$15.85
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.91
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$35.48
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$14.45
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 28th of 51

$15.49

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.