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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Illinois 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $132 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$53.70$41.69 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$93.33 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $78 to $355Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $3 to $91
$5$20$100$500facility $132professional $54

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
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$891.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.80

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 42nd of 51

$53.70

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.