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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Mississippi 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $126 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$74.13$34.67 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$126 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $63 to $126Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $32 to $126
$50$100facility $126professional $74

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
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$154.88

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 2nd of 51

$126

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.