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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 July 2026.

How much does Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects cost?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$77.62$66.07 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$79.43 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $69 to $251Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $42 to $123
$50$100$200facility $93professional $78

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Vermont than in Washington, DC. 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· 19th of 51

$83.18

VT $347DC $52.48

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.