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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

Virginia 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$11.48$9.55 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$15.85 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $13 to $138Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28
$10$100$1Kfacility $33professional $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
$61.66
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.39
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.49

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$12.88

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.