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Syphilis Screening Blood Test

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Syphilis Screening Blood Test cost?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.89$3.63 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$5.50 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $59Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$1.0$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $10professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$6.03

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in West Virginia than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $5.13 · 24th of 51
WV $40.74NM $3.80

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.