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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$27.54 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$58.88 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $54 to $162Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $28 to $79
$20$50$100$200facility $69professional $46

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$53.70
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
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
$28.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$70.79

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 44th 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.