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Blood Protein Test For Preterm Birth Risk

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0247U

Estimates the chance of giving birth early by measuring two proteins in a pregnant person's blood, IBP4 and SHBG. The protein levels are combined with clinical information about the pregnancy to produce a risk score.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Protein Test For Preterm Birth Risk cost?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$1,698$1,122 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$447 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,388Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $1,698

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
$5,248.07
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,398.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Alaska 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.

Alaska· 6th of 51

$871

ND $1,122CT $490

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.