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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Colorado 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$10.23$10.23 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$17.78 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $10 to $68Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $13
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $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
$8.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.22
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$27.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.18
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.49

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 28th of 51

$13.49

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.