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Placental Growth Factor Test For Preeclampsia

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0243U

Estimates a pregnant person's risk of preeclampsia, a dangerous rise in blood pressure during pregnancy, by measuring placental growth factor in a blood sample. The measurement is turned into a risk score.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placental Growth Factor Test For Preeclampsia cost?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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$54.95$42.66 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$64.57 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $58 to $794Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $39 to $74
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $98professional $55

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
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Alabama· 8th of 51

$74.13

ND $97.72CT $42.66

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.