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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Arkansas 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 Arkansas, October 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 $74.13 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$45.71 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$74.13 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $74 to $100Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $30 to $100
$50$100$200facility $74professional $60

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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$93.33
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$128.82

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 19th 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.