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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

South Dakota 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 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 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$16.98$11.75 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$60.26 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $25 to $105Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $76
$10$20$50$100$200facility $65professional $17

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
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$102.33
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.50
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$15.49
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.20
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 2nd of 51

$35.48

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.