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Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 81443

This is a laboratory analysis of a blood or saliva sample that checks a person's DNA for changes linked to a group of serious inherited conditions, such as cystic fibrosis or certain inherited blood disorders. It looks across many genes at once rather than testing for a single condition, and is typically ordered before or during pregnancy to help a couple understand their chance of having a child affected by one of these conditions. Results are usually reviewed with a genetic counselor or physician.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions cost?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,042 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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 69 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$2,042$1,585 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,455 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $10,233Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $4,365
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $2,042

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
$1,905.46
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,467.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

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AK $5,495DE $1,622

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.