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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Virginia 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$6.61 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$13.49 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $65Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $20professional $9

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
$11.48
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$13.49
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
$5.01
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.40

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 47th of 51

$10.23

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.