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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Maine 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 6 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$10.23 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$13.49 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $107Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $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
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$60.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.44

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 25th of 51

$13.49

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.