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Specific Syphilis Antibody Blood Test

Rhode Island 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 4 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$13.80$10.00 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$15.14 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $12 to $85Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $19
$10$20$50$100$200facility $40professional $14

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
$12.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.30

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 32nd of 51

$15.14

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.