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Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions

South 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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$1,905$1,905 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$1,950 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $1,905

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
$1,905.46
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$1,950

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.