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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Kansas 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$11.75$10.23 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$17.38 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $13 to $55Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $21
$10$20$50facility $31professional $12

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
$14.45
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.99

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 22nd of 51

$14.13

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.