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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Georgia 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$42.66$31.62 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$64.57 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $50 to $224Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $20 to $126
$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $43

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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$125.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$138.04
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
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.59

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 38th of 51

$56.23

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.