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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Tennessee 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8.13 to $16.22.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $10 to $45Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$10$20$50facility $28professional $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
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.24
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.22
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 33rd of 51

$10.96

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.