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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

New York 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56.23$29.51 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$56.23 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $50 to $182Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $28 to $141
$20$50$100$200$500facility $69professional $56

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
$53.70
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$134.90
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$338.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$134.90
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$104.71
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
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
$29.51
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where New York 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.

New York· 32nd of 51

$58.88

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.