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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Louisiana 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$63.10$30.90 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$83.18 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $69 to $234Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $30 to $91
$50$100$200facility $123professional $63

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
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$69.18

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 14th of 51

$75.86

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.