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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Georgia 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 October 2026.

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

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.91$5.89 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$13.49 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $47Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $24
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $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
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$28.18
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
$4.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.57

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Georgia· 36th of 51

$10.96

KS $34.67NJ $9.33

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.