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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 July 2026.

How much does Pregnancy Screening Blood Test With Risk Score cost?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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 5 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$42.66$42.66 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$51.29 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $43 to $234Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $43 to $58
$50$100$200facility $76professional $43

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
$42.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 47th of 51

$43.65

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.