go back

Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Minnesota 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$69.18$60.26 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$66.07 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $66 to $339Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $35 to $135
$50$100$200$500facility $69professional $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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$512.86
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$162.18
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.60

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$69.18

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.