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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Missouri 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$12.88$8.13 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$13.49 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $31Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $29
$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$12.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.60

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 51

$14.79

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.