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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Nebraska 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$57.54$42.66 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$95.50 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $58 to $550Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $39 to $427
$50$100$200$500facility $263professional $58

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
$95.50
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$128.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$263.03

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$107

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.