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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Iowa 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$155$53.70 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$77.62 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $65 to $501Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $43 to $427
$50$100$200$500facility $145professional $155

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
$64.57
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$162.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 1st of 51

$151

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.