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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Connecticut 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $39.81 to $91.20.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $68 to $182Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $30 to $79
$50$100$200facility $98professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$123.03
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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 47th of 51

$51.29

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.