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Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions cost?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $589 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,479$1,023 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$589 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,995Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $589professional $1,479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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· 51st of 51

$1,023

AK $5,495AL $1,023

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.