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Chickenpox Immunity Blood Test

West 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 5 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$10.47$10.00 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$36.31 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $19 to $158Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $20
$10$20$50$100$200facility $74professional $10

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
$19.50
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$85.11
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 1st of 51

$70.79

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.