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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects cost?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$41.69$30.20 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$63.10 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $63 to $63Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $30 to $79
$50$100$200facility $63professional $42

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69
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
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. 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.

Alabama· 28th of 51

$63.10

AK $155GA $41.69

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.