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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

New Jersey 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$9.33$8.51 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$15.14 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $9 to $68Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $12
$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $9

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
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$24.55
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.85

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 51st of 51

$9.33

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.