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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Idaho 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$12.59 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$13.49 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $13 to $52Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26
$10$20$50facility $24professional $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
$23.99
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.05
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$29.51
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.95

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 15th of 51

$15.49

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.