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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Montana 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 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 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$83.18$74.13 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$87.10 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $81 to $851Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $58 to $427
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $115professional $83

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
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$199.53
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$199.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$89.13

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 18th of 51

$87.10

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.