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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

South 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 October 2026.

How much does Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test cost?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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$32.36$12.88 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$42.66 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $19 to $135Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $10 to $39
$10$20$50$100$200facility $59professional $32

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
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.20
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
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.04

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 2nd of 51

$34.67

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.