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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 6 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$11.48$10.23 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$13.80 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $11 to $55Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $11

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
$10.96
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.22

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 10th 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.