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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Kentucky 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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$9.77$6.17 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$11.22 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$11.22
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.85
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.22
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
$5.50
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.69

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$10.00

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.