Lab tests CPT 86787 Outpatient

Chickenpox immunity test cost in Harrisburg, PA

In Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) immunity blood test: from $20.07 to $208.85, with a median of $49.92. The lowest listed price is at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center — $29.85 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $90.60 at 93 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 cities for code 86787, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.

Lowest$20.07Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Median$49.92half pay less
Highest$208.85in this market
Difference10.4×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA.

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Lowest $20.07Highest $208.85

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center lowest Camp Hill, PA · (717) 763-2100 86787 VARICELLA-ZOSTER ANTIBODY Tech $20.07 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 76% —
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center lowest Camp Hill, PA · (717) 763-2100 86787 Varicella-Zoster Virus Abs (IgG,IgM)-QST Tech $20.07 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 76% —
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center lowest Camp Hill, PA · (717) 763-2100 86787 Varicella-Zostr Virus Abs (IgG,IgM)-QST Tech $20.07 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 76% —
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center lowest Camp Hill, PA · (717) 763-2100 Varicella Zoster Virus Ab (IgM) -Quest Tech $20.07 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 76% —
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center lowest Camp Hill, PA · (717) 763-2100 Varicella Zoster Virus Ab IgG -Quest Tech $20.07 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 76% —
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center lowest Camp Hill, PA · (717) 763-2100 Varicella-Zoster Virus Antibody, IgM Tech $20.07 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 76% —
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center lowest Camp Hill, PA · (717) 763-2100 86787 Varicella zoster IgG Antibody. Tech $20.07 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 76% —
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA · (717) 981-9000 Varicella Zoster Virus Ab IgG -Quest Tech $26.43 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 69% —
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA · (717) 981-9000 86787 Varicella-Zostr Virus Abs (IgG,IgM)-QST Tech $26.43 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 69% —
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA · (717) 981-9000 Varicella Zoster Virus Ab (IgM) -Quest Tech $26.43 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 69% —
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA · (717) 981-9000 Varicella-Zoster Virus Antibody, IgM Tech $26.43 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 69% —
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA · (717) 981-9000 86787 Varicella zoster IgG Antibody. Tech $26.43 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 69% —
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA · (717) 981-9000 86787 Varicella-Zoster Virus Abs (IgG,IgM)-QST Tech $26.43 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 69% —
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA · (717) 981-9000 86787 VARICELLA-ZOSTER ANTIBODY Tech $26.43 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 69% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 Varicella zoster IgG Antibody. $27.83 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 67% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 Varicella-Zoster Virus Antibody, IgM $27.83 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 67% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 VARICELLA ZOSTER IGG AB (SQ) $27.83 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 67% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 VARICELLA ZOSTER IGG INDX (SQ) $27.83 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 67% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 VZI IGM AB (SQ) $27.83 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 67% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 VARICELLA ZOSTER AB IGG (SQ) $27.83 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 67% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 Varicella Zoster Virus Antibody (IgM) (QST) 4315625 $27.83 $84.00 $10.95–$67.20 67% —
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC BETA-AMYLOID 42/40, CSF $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC VARICELLA ZOSTER AB PANEL - B $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC VARICELLA ZOSTER IGG ABS $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC ENCEPHALITIS AB PNL, CSF - G $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC ENCEPHALITIS AB PNL, CSF - H $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS COMPREHEN PANEL, CSF LL $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC VZV AB (TOT, IGM) ACIF/IFA, CSF A $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC VZV AB (TOT, IGM) ACIF/IFA, CSF B $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC VARICELLA ZOSTER AB, ACIF, CSF $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC BETA-AMYLOID 42/40, CSF $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC VARICELLA ZOSTER AB PANEL - A $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC VARICELLA ZOSTER AB PANEL - B $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC VARICELLA ZOSTER IGG ABS $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC ENCEPHALITIS AB PNL, CSF - G $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC ENCEPHALITIS AB PNL, CSF - H $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS COMPREHEN PANEL, CSF LL $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC VZV AB (TOT, IGM) ACIF/IFA, CSF A $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC VZV AB (TOT, IGM) ACIF/IFA, CSF B $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC VARICELLA ZOSTER AB, ACIF, CSF $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC VARICELLA ZOSTER AB PANEL - A $72.00 $120.00 $12.75–$102.00 40% —
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PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Hampden Enola, PA Varicella-Zoster Antibody $208.85 $208.85 $156.64 — Aug 6, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $20.07, median $49.92, highest $208.85 — a 10.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $49.92. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 5 of 6 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A varicella antibody test shows whether you are immune to chickenpox. It is used by schools, health care employers and before pregnancy when vaccine records are missing.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.