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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87290

A laboratory test that looks directly for the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles in fluid or cells scraped from a blister. Antibodies tagged with a fluorescent dye bind to the virus if it is present, making the sample glow under a special microscope. It gives a faster answer than growing the virus in culture.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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 6 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$39.81$22.39 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$10.96 to $13.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $11 to $65Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $13 to $54
$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $40

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
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$43.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$93.33

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 16th of 51

$15.14

SD $24.55DC $10.00

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.