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Pregnancy Screening Blood Test With Risk Score

Louisiana 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$48.98$23.99 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$69.18 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $56 to $182Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $23 to $71
$20$50$100$200facility $105professional $49

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
$57.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$53.70

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 9th of 51

$64.57

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.