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Syphilis Screening Blood Test

Delaware rates for HCPCS 86592

This blood test screens for antibodies that the body produces in response to a syphilis infection, giving a simple positive or negative result. It is a common initial screening test and, if positive, is usually followed by a more specific confirmatory test.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Syphilis Screening Blood Test cost?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $7.24 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.89$2.63 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.24$3.55 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $29Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$30.20
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$6.03
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service + QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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.

Delaware· 29th of 51

$4.47

VT $48.98MD $3.24

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.