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Blood Protein Test For Preterm Birth Risk

Alabama 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$537$447 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$20.89 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $18 to $871Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $417 to $871
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $537

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
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58

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· 48th of 51

$537

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.