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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 October 2026.

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

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$54.95 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$64.57 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $60 to $851Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $45 to $126
$50$100$200$500facility $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
$60.26
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$151.36
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 51

$74.13

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.