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Pregnancy Screening Blood Test With Risk Score

Kentucky 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 July 2026.

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

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$42.66$14.13 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$44.67 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $38 to $132Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $14 to $56
$10$20$50$100$200facility $45professional $43

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
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in New Jersey than in Washington, DC. 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$43.65

NJ $126DC $40.74

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.