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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Mississippi 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$8.13 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$19.95 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $24Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $24
$10$20facility $20professional $14

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
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$24.55
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 9th of 51

$17.78

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.