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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Minnesota 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 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 $13.49 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$10.72 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$12.59 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $71Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $13

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
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$97.72
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$31.62
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.24

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$13.49

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.