Lab tests CPT 86787 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chickenpox immunity test cost in Mount Airy, NC — inpatient

In Mount Airy, NC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) immunity blood test as an inpatient: from $20.40 to $40.00, with a median of $30.20. The lowest listed price is at Northern Regional Hospital — $9.80 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $52.41 at 62 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 86787, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 16, 2026 and Jul 16, 2026.

Lowest$20.40Northern Regional Hospital
Median$30.20half pay less
Highest$40.00in this market
Difference2.0×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 Mount Airy, NC.

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Lowest $20.40Highest $97.92

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Northern Regional Hospital lowest Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Varicella Zoster, Igg(OCC) $20.40 $30.00 $12.29–$57.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Exp-Varicella (OB-Outr) $38.76 $57.00 $12.29–$57.00 32% —
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Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Elkin, NC · (336) 527-7000 HC VARICELLA ZOSTER ANTIBODY $40.00 $80.00 $35.44–$73.60 50% Jul 16, 2026
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Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Varicella Zoster, Igg (OB-Outr $41.48 $61.00 $12.29–$57.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Varicella Zoster,Igg $41.48 $61.00 $12.29–$57.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Varicella Zoster,Igm 96776 $97.92 $144.00 $12.29–$57.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Varicella Zoster,Igm(Outreach) $97.92 $144.00 $12.29–$57.00 32% —
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Inpatient: lowest $20.40, median $30.20, highest $40.00 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $30.20 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86787 ($59.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NCVaricella Titer(Dis) $5.44 file