Lab tests CPT 86787 Outpatient

Chickenpox immunity test cost in Rapid City, SD

In Rapid City, SD, 3 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) immunity blood test: from $42.02 to $139.20, with a median of $139.20. The lowest listed price is at Black Hills Surgical Hospital — $97.18 less than the median here. Across South Dakota, the median is $54.40 at 17 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 86787, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$42.02Black Hills Surgical Hospital
Median$139.20half of hospitals charge less
Highest$139.20in this market
Difference3.3×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 Rapid City, SD.

median
Lowest $42.02Highest $139.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Black Hills Surgical Hospital lowest Rapid City, SD · (605) 721-4700 Varicella-Zoster, IgG Ab- source file $42.02 $70.04 $12.62–$63.04 40%
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Rapid City, SD · (605) 755-1000 Analysis for antibody to varicella-zoster virus (chicken pox) File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $139.20 $174.00 $15.46–$178.35 20%
Monument Health Sturgis Hospital Sturgis, SD · (605) 720-2400 Analysis for antibody to varicella-zoster virus (chicken pox) File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $139.20 $174.00 $20.57–$174.00 20%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $42.02, median $139.20, highest $139.20 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $42.02. 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 3 of 3 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.