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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

North Carolina 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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$10.72$10.72 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$10.96 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $45Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $18
$10$20$50facility $14professional $11

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
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$50.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.60
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 49th of 51

$10.72

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.