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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Georgia 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.90$27.54 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$69.18 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $52 to $240Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $17 to $117
$20$50$100$200facility $91professional $31

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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$117.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$144.54
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
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 51st of 51

$41.69

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.