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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Washington 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $102 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$63.10$45.71 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$75.86 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $69 to $191Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $30 to $79
$50$100$200facility $102professional $63

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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$190.55
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$141.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$69.18
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$125.89
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
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.60

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 25th of 51

$66.07

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.