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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Colorado 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$26.92 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$112 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $50 to $295Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $27 to $117
$50$100$200$500facility $186professional $45

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
$48.98
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$93.33
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$125.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$51.29
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
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 24th of 51

$70.79

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.