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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

Washington 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$8.32 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$14.79 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $37Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$10$20$50facility $20professional $12

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
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.49
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$37.15
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.92
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$37.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$37.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$15.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.99
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
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.57

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 27th of 51

$12.59

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.