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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

South Carolina 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$64.57 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$204 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $83 to $589Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $42 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $275professional $102

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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$114.82
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
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.23

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 3rd of 51

$151

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.