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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Iowa 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$13.49$10.23 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$13.49 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $10 to $42Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $89
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $13

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
$10.23
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$33.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$16.22

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.