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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Mississippi 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $115 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 5 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$74.13$51.29 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$64.57 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $52 to $182Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $48 to $132
$50$100$200$500facility $115professional $74

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
$51.29
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$131.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$199.53

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 33rd of 51

$75.86

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.