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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Utah 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 6 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$10.23 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$15.49 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $15 to $107Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $15
$10$20$50$100facility $54professional $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
$15.14
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.91
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$54.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.02
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 24th of 51

$13.49

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.