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Chickenpox and Shingles Immune Globulin

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 90396 · Varizig

An injection of ready-made antibodies against the chickenpox and shingles virus, given into a muscle to protect someone who has been exposed and cannot rely on their own immunity. It gives immediate but short-lived protection and is used for people at high risk of severe illness, such as newborns, pregnant women and those with weakened immune systems. The charge covers the antibody product; giving the injection is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Varizig (human varicella-zoster immune globulin) cost?

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $0.50 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 4 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$2,455$0.50 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.50$0.50 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3,548Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2,884
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1professional $2,455

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Rhode Island· 47th of 51

$2,455

AK $3,715MT $204

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.