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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

New York 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$6.03 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$8.13 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $37Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $13professional $10

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
$6.46
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$28.84
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$81.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.20
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$26.30
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.79
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.95
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$28.84
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$2.29

Where New York 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 York· 45th of 51

$10.23

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.