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Specific Syphilis Antibody Blood Test

Maryland 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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$11.75$10.23 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$43.65 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $13 to $79Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $16
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $52professional $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
$19.50
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.22
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$12.02

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.