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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 October 2026.

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

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.13$14.13 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$45.71 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $43 to $126Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $71
$10$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70
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
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$21.88

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.