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Chickenpox and Shingles Immune Globulin

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, 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 $3,090 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$2,455 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$2,455 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $6,761Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $2,692
$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 25th 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.