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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 July 2026.

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

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 7 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$50.12$47.86 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$110 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $50 to $407Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $27 to $72
$50$100$200$500facility $186professional $50

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
$48.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$77.62
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$125.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$83.18

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.