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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Louisiana 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$64.57$38.02 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$105 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $71 to $234Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $27 to $100
$50$100$200facility $195professional $65

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
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$131.83

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 7th of 51

$100

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.