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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82731

This test analyzes a swab sample taken from the vagina and cervix during pregnancy to check for a protein that is normally not present at this stage unless labor is beginning. It is used in women who are having symptoms of early contractions to help estimate the short-term risk of premature delivery. A negative result is reassuring that labor is unlikely within the next couple of weeks.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk cost?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$33.11 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$158 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $72 to $162Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $27 to $74
$50$100$200facility $158professional $52

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
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48
3 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
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$74.13

AK $178KY $46.77

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.