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Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions

Colorado 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 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 7 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 $3,090
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$4,571 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,012
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,548.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,128.61
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 5th of 51

$3,162

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.