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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Delaware 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 Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $437 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$53.70$51.29 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$67.61 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $54 to $813Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $51 to $195
$50$100$200$500facility $437professional $54

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
$53.70
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$120.23
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 36th 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.