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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

South 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 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 5 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$10.47$10.47 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$18.62 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $10 to $76Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $10

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
$10.47
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$16.22
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$11.48

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.