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Pregnancy Screening Blood Test With Risk Score

North Carolina 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 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$36.31$26.92 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$43.65 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $43 to $245Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $25 to $62
$50$100$200facility $54professional $36

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
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$72.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$53.70

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$43.65

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.