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Pregnancy Screening Blood Test With Risk Score

Rhode Island 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 4 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$77.62$40.74 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$63.10 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $54 to $309Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $31 to $126
$50$100$200facility $65professional $78

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$77.62

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 9th of 51

$74.13

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.