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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

South Dakota 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 7 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$93.33$50.12 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$123 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,445Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $43 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $123professional $93

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
$74.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$89.13
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 4th of 51

$123

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.