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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 October 2026.

How much does Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test cost?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.91$7.08 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$12.88 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $63Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $20professional $9

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
$9.55
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.49
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
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.45

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 44th of 51

$10.47

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.