Lab tests CPT 86787 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chickenpox immunity test cost in Santa Maria, CA — inpatient

In Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) immunity blood test as an inpatient: from $5.86 to $5.86, with a median of $5.86. Across California, the median is $37.90 at 177 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 86787, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$5.86Marian Regional Medical Center

Median$5.86half of hospitals charge less

Highest$5.86in this market

Difference1.0×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 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA.

median

Lowest $5.86Highest $35.10

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Marian Regional Medical Center lowest Santa Maria, CA · (805) 739-3100 RL-A-VZECSF 54444 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$5.86	$13.69	$8.63–$13.42	57%
Marian Regional Medical Center Santa Maria, CA · (805) 739-3100 RL-A-ENCEPH-CSF 3017752D File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$6.54	$15.26	$9.62–$14.96	57%
Marian Regional Medical Center Santa Maria, CA · (805) 739-3100 VARICELLA-ZOST AB IGG File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$35.10	$82.00	$51.66–$80.36	57%

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.

Inpatient: lowest $5.86, median $5.86, highest $5.86.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $5.86 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.

5 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86787 ($57.36). 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.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Marian Regional Medical Center Santa Maria, CARL-A-VZE 50167	$2.14	file
Marian Regional Medical Center Santa Maria, CARL-A-MMRV PAN 2011375D	$2.36	file
Marian Regional Medical Center Santa Maria, CARL-A-ENCEPH-SER 3017751C	$3.81	file
Marian Regional Medical Center Santa Maria, CARL-A-VZM 99314	$3.86	file
Marian Regional Medical Center Santa Maria, CARL-A-VARICL ZOSTR VIR IGG	$4.88	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.