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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Kentucky 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$38.90$20.89 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$53.70 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $40 to $117Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $19 to $81
$20$50$100$200facility $65professional $39

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$64.57
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
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
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.88

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$46.77

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.