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Syphilis Screening Blood Test

Maryland 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?

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$3.80$3.55 to $3.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$17.78 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $5 to $27Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $21professional $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
$8.32
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.98
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$6.46

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in West Virginia than in New Mexico. 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$3.89

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.