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Pregnancy Screening Blood Test With Risk Score

Maryland 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $39.81 to $56.23.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $23 to $54Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $31 to $66
$20$50$100$200facility $29professional $41

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$66.07
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$134.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$53.70
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$81.28

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$40.74

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.