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Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions

Iowa 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,455$1,479 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$2,455 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $6,761Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $9,550
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $2,455

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
$1,905.46
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,888.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$12,302.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
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
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$2,570

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.