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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Illinois 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $135 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$50.12$38.90 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$87.10 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $71 to $389Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $3 to $93
$5$20$100$500facility $135professional $50

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
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$512.86
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$89.13
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 33rd of 51

$61.66

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.