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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 July 2026.

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

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$14.79$10.23 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$15.85 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $49Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$20$50facility $18professional $15

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
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 9th of 51

$16.22

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.