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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Indiana 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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 5 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$10.96$8.13 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$13.49 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $12 to $40Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $13
$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $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
$15.49
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$14.79

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 41st of 51

$11.22

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.