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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Nebraska 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$41.69$41.69 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$105 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $42 to $468Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $40 to $138
$50$100$200$500facility $263professional $42

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
$45.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$138.04

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 49th of 51

$45.71

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.