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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Maryland 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $41.69 to $63.10.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $37 to $89Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $32 to $72
$50$100$200facility $46professional $56

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$58.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$104.71
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
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 37th of 51

$56.23

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.