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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Indiana 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$43.65$30.20 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$63.10 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $51 to $195Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $30 to $107
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $65professional $44

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
$79.43
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$75.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$77.62
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
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$93.33

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 47th of 51

$51.29

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.