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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Florida 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$10.47$9.77 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$13.49 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $11 to $59Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $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
$11.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.49
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.99
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.49

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 40th of 51

$11.22

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.