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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 October 2026.

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

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$8.13 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$34.67 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $20 to $55Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $25
$10$20$50facility $36professional $13

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
$13.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$28.18
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.82

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$34.67

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.