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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 October 2026.

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

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$10.23$10.23 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$18.20 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $14 to $69Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100facility $27professional $10

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
$10.96
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$120.23
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.22
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.69

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 35th 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.