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Pregnancy Screening Blood Test With Risk Score

Pennsylvania 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 9 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$45.71$43.65 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$63.10 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $44 to $257Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $43 to $126
$50$100$200facility $126professional $46

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
$43.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$125.89
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$79.43
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$93.33
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$158.49
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$81.28

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 26th of 51

$53.70

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.