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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Arizona 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$36.31$29.51 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$64.57 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $45 to $324Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $30 to $69
$50$100$200facility $145professional $36

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
$53.70
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 39th of 51

$56.23

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.