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Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions

North Carolina 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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 6 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$1,950$1,622 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$2,138 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,236
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $1,950

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
$1,548.82
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$18,197.01

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$2,089

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.