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Prenatal Blood Screen For Three Trisomies

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0327U

Screens a pregnancy for three chromosome conditions: trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), trisomy 18 and trisomy 13. A blood sample from the pregnant person is used, because it carries small amounts of DNA from the placenta, and the result is a risk estimate for each condition. Reporting of fetal sex is an optional addition.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prenatal Blood Screen For Three Trisomies cost?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $692 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$631$631 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$631 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,089Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,259
$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $631

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
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Wyoming. 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$631

AK $1,778WY $479

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.