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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Oregon 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 8 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$15.49$12.88 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$13.49 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $36Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $15

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
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.88
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$39.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.60

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 18th of 51

$15.14

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.