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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Rhode Island 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 4 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$12.59$10.00 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$16.22 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $15 to $78Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21
$10$20$50facility $36professional $13

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
$19.50
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.44

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 34th of 51

$12.59

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.