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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Oregon 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$69.18$63.10 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$69.18 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $69 to $245Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $30 to $126
$50$100$200facility $105professional $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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$275.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$83.18

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 15th of 51

$75.86

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.