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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Indiana 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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$41.69$27.54 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$61.66 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $55 to $209Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $28 to $105
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $69professional $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
$57.54
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$97.72
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
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
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$158.49

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 46th of 51

$52.48

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.