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Pregnancy Screening Blood Test With Risk Score

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 81508

A blood test taken from the mother during pregnancy that measures pregnancy-related proteins made by the placenta and baby. The results are combined by a computer with other information about the pregnancy and reported as a risk score for certain chromosome differences. It estimates risk; it does not diagnose anything.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pregnancy Screening Blood Test With Risk Score cost?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $27.54 to $61.66.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $22 to $135Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $22 to $60
$20$50$100$200facility $63professional $32

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$95.50
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
$63.10
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Connecticut· 47th of 51

$33.11

AK $123KY $21.88

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.