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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Alaska rates for HCPCS 81512

Measures five substances in a pregnant woman's blood and combines those results with details such as her age and how far along the pregnancy is. The report gives the chance that the baby has a chromosome difference or an opening in the spine or skull. It is a risk estimate rather than a diagnosis.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 6 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$209$138 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$72.44 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $69 to $331Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $69 to $275
$100$200$500facility $72professional $209

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
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$275.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$275.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$208.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Vermont 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.

Alaska· 5th of 51

$155

VT $347DC $52.48

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.