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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 July 2026.

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

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 9 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$12.02 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$14.13 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $55Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $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
$12.59
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$89.13
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$37.15
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$37.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$36.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.22
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$23.99

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 23rd of 51

$14.13

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.