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Fetal Fibronectin Test for Preterm Labor Risk

Tennessee 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $182 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$50.12$47.86 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$64.57 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $51 to $309Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $48 to $87
$20$50$100$200$500facility $182professional $50

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
$51.29
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$97.72
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$128.82

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 51st of 51

$51.29

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.