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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 October 2026.

How much does Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus cost?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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$20.42$13.49 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$31.62 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $20 to $89Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $44professional $20

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
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60
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
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.14

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 3rd of 51

$28.18

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.