Lab tests CPT 86780 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Syphilis test (treponemal) cost in Meridian, MS — inpatient

In Meridian, MS, 5 hospitals list a cash price for syphilis antibody test (Treponema pallidum) as an inpatient: from $8.10 to $149.20, with a median of $18.09. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Specialty Hospital — $9.99 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $37.12 at 52 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 2 cities for code 86780, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Oct 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Feb 25, 2026.

Lowest$8.10Ochsner Specialty Hospital
Median$18.09half of hospitals charge less
Highest$149.20in this market
Difference18.4×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Meridian, MS.

median
Lowest $8.10Highest $149.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Ochsner Specialty Hospital lowest Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC TREPONEMA PALLIDUM ANTIBODIES source file $8.10 $27.00 — 70%
Ochsner Rush Hospital Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC TREPONEMA PALLIDUM ANTIBODIES source file $8.37 $27.00 — 69%
Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS · (601) 776-6925 HC TREPONEMA PALLIDUM ANTIBODIES source file $18.09 $27.00 — 33%
Ochsner Specialty Hospital Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC SYPHILIS TOTAL ABS source file $21.30 $71.00 — 70%
Ochsner Rush Hospital Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC SYPHILIS AB, TP-PA source file $21.87 $70.56 — 69%
Ochsner Rush Hospital Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC SYPHILIS TOTAL ABS source file $22.01 $71.00 — 69%
Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS · (601) 776-6925 HC SYPHILIS AB, TP-PA source file $47.28 $70.56 — 33%
Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS · (601) 776-6925 HC SYPHILIS TOTAL ABS source file $47.57 $71.00 — 33%
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center Meridian, MS · (601) 553-6000 SYPHILIS TREPONEMAL RAPID SCREEN+4 more lines at this price File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file $82.06 $373.00 $74.60–$298.40 78%
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South Meridian, MS · (601) 484-3590 SYPHILIS TREPONEMAL RAPID SCREEN+4 more lines at this price File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file $149.20 $373.00 $74.60–$279.75 60%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $8.10, median $18.09, highest $149.20 — a 18.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $50.08 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A treponemal antibody test detects antibodies to the bacterium that causes syphilis. Many labs now screen with it first and confirm with an RPR (86592).

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.