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Syphilis Screening Blood Test

South Carolina 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$5.01$4.27 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$13.18 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $6 to $58Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $5

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
$3.31
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.88
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
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.68

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 10th of 51

$6.61

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.