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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

How much does Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk cost?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $174 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$60.26 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$64.57 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $65 to $468Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $51 to $100
$50$100$200$500facility $174professional $65

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$467.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$144.54

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Iowa than in Tennessee. 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.

Minnesota· 45th of 51

$64.57

IA $151TN $51.29

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.