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Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions

Washington, DC 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?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 5 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$1,820$1,820 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$3,311 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $1,820

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
$1,819.70
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,905.46
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$11,220.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Washington, DC sits

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.

Washington, DC· 48th of 51

$1,820

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.