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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Massachusetts 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$69.18$41.69 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$72.44 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $54 to $219Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $42 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $105professional $69

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$218.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$269.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$239.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$218.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$144.54
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
3 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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$83.18

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.