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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Maryland 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $42.66 to $51.29.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $43 to $83Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $32 to $74
$50$100$200facility $60professional $48

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
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$158.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$54.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
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
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$48.98

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.