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Blood Protein Test For Preterm Birth Risk

Nebraska 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $676 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 5 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$490$447 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$269 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $56 to $1,995Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,230
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $490

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
$524.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 50th of 51

$490

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.