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Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions

Arkansas 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?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$2,188$1,479 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$2,754 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $3,802Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $2,188

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
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,454.71
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 12th of 51

$2,754

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.