go back

Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Missouri 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$45.71$31.62 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$83.18 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $59 to $331Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $31 to $115
$50$100$200$500facility $115professional $46

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
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
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
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 40th of 51

$54.95

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.