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Rapid Test For Chickenpox And Shingles Virus

West 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 July 2026.

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

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 5 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$10.72$10.00 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$10.96 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $20Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $11
$10$20$50facility $17professional $11

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
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$81.28
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$16.60

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 43rd of 51

$10.96

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.