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Specific Syphilis Antibody Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 86780

This blood test looks for antibodies that specifically target the bacteria that causes syphilis, offering a more targeted result than a general screening test. It is often used to confirm a positive result from an initial, less specific syphilis screening test.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specific Syphilis Antibody Blood Test cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$12.02$11.22 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$16.98 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $14 to $81Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17
$10$20$50$100facility $27professional $12

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
$14.79
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$19.05

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in South Carolina than in Alabama. 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$15.85

SC $63.10AL $12.02

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.