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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Wisconsin 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$56.23 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$83.18 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $54 to $347Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $33 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $148professional $102

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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$346.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$190.55
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$199.53
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$194.98
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$346.74
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$181.97
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$213.80
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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$489.78

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 4th of 51

$102

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.