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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Massachusetts 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 8 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$13.49$12.59 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$18.20 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $11 to $55Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $35
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $30professional $13

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
$10.96
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$51.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$70.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$34.67
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$70.79
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.90

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$15.14

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.