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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Montana 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$16.60$15.49 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$16.60 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $17 to $91Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $89
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $21professional $17

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$87,096.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.50
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$40.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$40.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.60

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$18.20

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.