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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Virginia 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$47.86$31.62 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$69.18 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $63 to $339Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $28 to $95
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $89professional $48

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
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
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
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.30

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 45th of 51

$52.48

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.