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Pregnancy Screening Blood Test With Risk Score

South 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $102 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$53.70$42.66 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$51.29 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $43 to $339Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $27 to $58
$20$50$100$200$500facility $102professional $54

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.71

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 21st of 51

$53.70

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.