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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Louisiana 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$12.02$7.08 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$17.38 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $49Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$10$20$50facility $26professional $12

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
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.47
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.05

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$16.22

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.