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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 July 2026.

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

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$52.48 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$74.13 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $65 to $219Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $43 to $76
$50$100$200$500facility $83professional $60

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$89.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Iowa than in Tennessee. 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· 35th of 51

$74.13

IA $151TN $51.29

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.