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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

New Mexico 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $209 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$61.66$47.86 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$97.72 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $78 to $589Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $38 to $427
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $209professional $62

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
$77.62
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 29th of 51

$77.62

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.