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Syphilis Screening Blood Test

Kentucky 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?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.63$2.24 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$3.55 to $6.03

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $4

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.03
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.85

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$3.63

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.