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Pregnancy Screening Blood Test With Risk Score

Illinois 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$41.69$32.36 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$69.18 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $59 to $275Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $3 to $68
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $95professional $42

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
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$245.47
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.96

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 37th of 51

$41.69

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.